GRUB Parrot OS Recovery and Account Unlock Process

 1. Booting into Recovery Mode via GRUB

1. Restart your computer and hold the Shift key until the GRUB menu appears.

   
   Fig1: GRUB menu (hold Shift until this screen appears)

2. From the GRUB menu, select Advanced options for Parrot.

   
   Fig2: Select "Advanced options for Parrot"

3. From the next menu, choose Recovery Mode.

   
   Fig3: Select “Recovery Mode”

2. Entering Root and Unlocking Accounts

1. After entering recovery mode, select Root to enter single-user mode.

   
   Fig4: Enter root command line

2. Unlock the root account. Type the following command to reset the root password:

   passwd root
   

   Enter and confirm the new password.

   
   Fig5: Resetting root password

3. Unlock your regular user account (if necessary). If your username is lrb, run:

   sudo passwd lrb
   sudo usermod -U lrb
   

   
   Fig6: Unlocking user account

3. Restoring System Snapshot Using Timeshift

1. Restore your system snapshot by typing the following command:

   sudo timeshift --restore
   

   
   Fig7: Restoring system snapshot command

2. Select the snapshot you want to restore from the list of available backups.

   
   Fig8: Select the snapshot to restore

3. After the restoration, you will be prompted to reboot the system:

   sudo reboot
   

   
   Fig9: Reboot the system after restoration

4. Fixing GRUB Bootloader (No USB Needed)

If GRUB is broken, causing the system not to boot, follow these steps to repair GRUB:

1. In Root mode, type the following commands:

   sudo grub-install /dev/sda
   sudo update-grub
   

   
   Fig10: GRUB install command

2. Reboot the system:

   sudo reboot
   

   
   Fig11: Reboot after GRUB repair

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