{"id":876,"date":"2019-02-09T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremyverda.net\/?p=876"},"modified":"2019-02-09T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:19:58","slug":"how-to-reset-wsl-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeremyverda.net\/how-to-reset-wsl-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset WSL password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux and you forgot your password, here is a small howto to reset it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This howto is based on Ubuntu 18.04 but it seems it can be used for any other version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Launch Ubuntu 18.04 and run the following command to get your username : <em>whoami<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">your_username@computer:~$ whoami<br>your_username<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Launch a command or PowerShell console and run the following command. 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