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I am very new to Linux and I'm not super computer savvy so that's sort of why I don't really know what I'm doing. I try to reset my root password in a Chromebook.

As far as I know, I need to boot to the GRUB menu but I cannot figure out how to do that. I'll try to answer whatever questions I need to but just remember I'm sort of new to all of this.

What I have tried so far is rebooting my Chromebook (holding the refresh button+the power button), and holding Shift, which as far as I know is supposed to open up the GRUB menu. It didn't really even reboot, I believe it just shut down, so I guess the reboot itself didn't work, and in that case, I'm not sure how to do that either since there doesn't seem to be an option for it (if what I did already didn't work).

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    It'd help to know what you already researched and tried on your own, so we don't suggest the same things. Please edit your question to include this. Commented Nov 15, 2021 at 21:46
  • Sorry about that; fixed. Commented Nov 16, 2021 at 4:23

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i've using Linux for 2 years. I have never used Chromebook. I believe you know how to use terminal. So fire up a terminal and type the following

If you know your root password, login into root.To do that Execute the following

su

This will prompt something like this

Enter password

Enter password, now you will be a root user. Then execute

passwd

This will prompt you to enter a new password.

If you forgot the root password, just type

sudo passwd

This will ask you for your user password. Enter it, now you will be prompted to enter a new password, this will change your root password. Lemme know if it worked. Good day !

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