Ubuntu recovery console with no root password
So your Ext3 root partition is corrupted. No matter how you try to log into your system, your system asks you for root password. But you are a good, obedient ubuntu user. And you do not have a root password set. You can press CTRL+D, but that just reboots. Are you boned?
No. problem. press ctrl+alt+delete. You will get a messy screen about having trouble launching your X session, but you will get a login towards the bottom of the screen. So just use your normal user login and password. after that, I use
sudo su
That’s why I always enable root accounts as soon as possible.
Very True! moral of the story: set root password as soon as you set up your system.