+1 for sudo su. I do it all the time, when I want to make system-wide changes.
Password required by sudo is the same as your users password, However, that user has to be on sudoers list.
Recovering the password is impossible, however there are ways to reset it.
After booting a live system, chroot into the installed system, and passwd thatuser and change it as you whish.
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