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Solution 1
Boot into grub, 
# DO NOT NOT not press enter.
# Press e to go into edit mode.

Scroll down to the kernel line, go to the end "linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0……."
add the this line   init=/bin/bash

Press Ctrl X to boot
# Remount / as Read/Write 
mount -rw -o remount /
 
# Change the root account password with
passwd
 
# Change any other account password with
passwd username
 
Solution 2
# Boot from another installation of Debian. 
# Such as LiveCD   to access  "/" root partition.
# Mount the partition where you have Debian's "/" (root directory),
# Access directory to /mnt/etc
# nano /mnt/etc/shadow.
# it should looks like ,   root::$6$fsdsdgdsg74.:14862:0:99999:7:::
# Reboot and login as root  without a password.
# passwd root
# exit

Solution 1

Boot into grub,

# DO NOT NOT not press enter.

# Press e to go into edit mode.

Scroll down to the kernel line, go to the end "linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0……."

add the this line init=/bin/bash

Press Ctrl X to boot

# Remount / as Read/Write

mount -rw -o remount /

# Change the root account password with

passwd

# Change any other account password with

passwd username

Solution 2

# Boot from another installation of Debian.

# Such as LiveCD to access "/" root partition.

# Mount the partition where you have Debian's "/" (root directory),

# Access directory to /mnt/etc

# nano /mnt/etc/shadow.

# it should looks like , root::$6$fsdsdgdsg74.:14862:0:99999:7:::

# Reboot and login as root without a password.

# passwd root

# exit