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I cannot reset the password. A box comes showing various commands like

 -a, --all -r,--repository REPOSITORY -d --delete

and a line at the top of the box is also present

     usage:passwd [options] login

and I dont know how to write the command.

Takkat
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Baldeep Singh
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  • If [that question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password) is not what you are looking for, please **[edit]** this to clarify, which will get it reviewed for possible reopening. In particular, if you're actually looking for how to *change* your password that you know and is working, then you will not need to boot into recovery mode or do any such thing. – Eliah Kagan Oct 12 '17 at 07:53

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The usage of the passwd command with the option -d for deleting a password is

sudo passwd -d LOGIN

Replace LOGIN with the username you need to reset.

Takkat
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  • I'm not sure [that](https://askubuntu.com/questions/281074/can-i-set-my-user-account-to-have-no-password) is really what the OP is asking for. – Eliah Kagan Oct 12 '17 at 07:10
  • @EliahKagan true, it is a bit obscure why they need to reset a password but what we have so far is that they posted the manpage excerpt that is shown when we give in the `passwd` command with a wrong syntax, and it is version independent. – Takkat Oct 12 '17 at 07:21