Questions tagged [password-recovery]
Questions about the recovery of passwords.
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How do I reset a lost administrative password?
I'm working on a Ubuntu system, and my client has completely forgotten his administrative password. He doesn't even remember entering one; however it is there.
I've tried the suggestions on the ...
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Reset the password in Ubuntu / Linux Bash in Windows
I have installed Linux Bash on Windows 10 (available from Microsoft), but I've forgotten my password.
I've searched for a solution but I only find suggestions that involve doing something before the ...
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Authentication token manipulation error
I forgot my Ubuntu password so I booted into recovery and dropped into a root shell prompt and this is what happened:
root@username-PC:~# passwd username
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX ...
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Getting an "Authentication token manipulation" error when trying to change my user password
I am logging in to my Ubuntu Server using my username. Once I am logged in I am typing passwd command. Entering a new password but a second after getting following error messages:
passwd: ...
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How do I reset a lost password (using recovery mode requires me to type the password)?
I need to reset my password. I have followed these steps:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
However, then I go to "root" or "netroot" recovery options, it tells me:
Give root password ...
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Resetting forgotten phpmyadmin password
I recently installed LAMP on Ubuntu 13.04(32-bit) but forgot my phpMyAdmin password. How can I reset its password without re-installing it?
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can't log in after password change (ecryptfs)
I am on Ubuntu 12.10 with one user using encrypted home.
A while back I have changed by user password and then forgot it.
I then made a backup of my files using Dustin's help to an external drive. I ...
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How to recover the root password on ubuntu server [duplicate]
I lost my root/super user password on Ubuntu server.
I tried to boot in a recovery mode and select option drop to root shell.
But it is always asks for:
Give root password for maintenance (or type ...
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How do I open Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop?
Help how do I open this. the README file says
THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA.
From the graphical desktop, click on:
"Access Your Private Data"
or
From the command line, ...
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I accidentally deleted administrator account and the other accounts are asking root password
I unexpectedly deleted my user account (the only administrator for the machine). I have another account which is a standard account and now I can't access my hard disk or anything with that standard ...
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What is the default password for Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost Administrative (root) password?
I've just had someone install Ubuntu 12.04. I am not a techie - just a user. I am now asked for a password which I do not ...
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Reset Windows Password with Ubuntu Live CD
A friend brought me his PC with Windows Vista to reset the user password because he didn't use it for a long while and forgot his password.
So I found a tutorial on how to reset the password by using ...
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How can I reset my Windows XP password using a LiveCD?
My mom's ancient Winbook laptop, using Windows XP Professional, was also hooked up to a wireless keyboard and mouse. Unfortunately, this caused it to only accept the account password at the login ...
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what rar password recovery tools are available? [duplicate]
Long ago I made an archive of images and protected it with a password but I have forgotten the password and I made many trails to crack it with my general combinations but failed.
Are there any ...
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How to reset lost user password on a guest on VMWare server?
I have a ubuntu 10.10 VMWare image that I set up a while back and have forgotten the login details. Normally I'd boot into single user mode to fix this, but I'm having trouble doing this on the ...
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How to remove or recover password from a LibreOffice document
I have 2 old documents in ODT format that I either made a typo or forgot the actual password for them. I want to recover the password or simply remove it. What steps (If available) are there to remove ...
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Using word list to brute force encrypted partition
I used the Disk Utility to encrypt an external HDD about a month ago. Now it seems that I have forgotten the password. I have formed it according to a set of rules, so I have generated a word list (...
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How can I bring up the GRUB menu?
I installed ubuntu as a dual boot system with Windows 7. I was on my user account earlier today and I changed the password. I shut down the computer and tried to re-login but I totally forgot the new ...
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How can I use sudo after locking my password?
I was reading about passwordless authentication with ssh. So I made a key and published it to my Ubuntu server, and it worked well.
Then decided to lock my password with passwd -l lucas, and I was ...
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How to save config change on chntpw and quit Terminal?
So, I used the chntpw to clear my Windows 8 Admin password, but it does not apply the change when I restart the computer.
I read in some places that the config needs to be saved before closing the ...
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How do I reboot from the recovery console?
I run Ubuntu in a virtual machine and I've managed to reset my password in recovery mode, by editing the parameters according to these instructions on Superuser.com. Summarizing my steps:
I changed ...
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Lost password to ZIP file created with Gnome Archive Manager
I've lost the password to a zip file that was created under Unity, Nautilus file manager, which uses Ubuntu's Gnome Archive Manager (I must have mis-typed it when re-encrypting.)
It seems that ...
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12.04 home encrypted and I have written down encryption passphrase. How to reset login password?
I set up a friend with 12.04 and he forgot his password. I encrypted his home directory and I have written down the encryption passphrase during the first boot. If he changed his password after I ...
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How to reset administrative password without the use of a "p" key?
I do not know my administrative password. I read up on how to reset it by clicking Left Shift after the BIOS page upon start up, going to the recovery option, then root, then doing mount -o rw,remount ...
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How to read FTP login data stored within nautilus?
I forgot my ftp user name and password, yet I have a bookmark stored within nautilus so I can still access it. I wonder if I could extract these data from nautilus.
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How Do I Change a Forgotten User Password Without Booting?
I can't log in to my root user's account. I've looked for a solution, but all of them tell you to do it from the boot options.
The thing is that my laptop's screen has turned black and it doesn't ...
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"Authentication Manipulation Error" when trying to reset my password
To reset forgotten password in 12.04 LTS.
I am able to boot the computer. i choose root option and then come to password changing. they ask me to enter new UNIX password which i do type. but at last ...
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Bypass Ubuntu Encryption
I need to get into an encrypted Ubuntu system (14 maybe?). And, yes, it is mine, I am the legal owner, etc. Problem is, I lost the passphrase in a move. There is some data in there that is pretty ...
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Backup and restore user passwords
Is it possible to make a file copy to backup users password and then restore them by copying them back?
It seems that the file in question is /etc/shadow as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passwd#...
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I forgot the password to a cbz/zip file
I forgot the password to a cbz file, which when I open it says it only contains empty pages, so i rename it to zip, since I read it will open anyway, and I enter what I supposed to be the password, ...
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My user was deleted from sudo group
I think I made a big mistake.
I did usermod -aG docker $USER to run docker without sudo.
After run above command, my account status like below
joont@joont-ununtu:~$ id
uid=1000(joont) gid=1000(...
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How do I reset or recover my root password?
I have forgotten my root password after changing it. Is there a way to recover or reset it. I really do not want to reinstall Ubuntu again.
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I was trying to change my password, on my user account and accidently pressed enter too fast. Im running 12.04LTS
I'm running in 12.04LTS on a Dell Inspiron Mini 910 - with default specks. I really just need to get this fixed. When I use the sudo passwd root command, it still says I can't change it, the account ...
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ecryptfs - About 200 Passwords to Parse Through
I know all but two characters of my password. I know, I'm an idiot for not writing down my pass immediately after my main board went south on me, but that's water under the bridge.
Anyway, I figure ...
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How to remove the password of the SD card in ubuntu 12.04
I forgot the password of my micro SD card. How can i remove the password of the SD in ubuntu 12.04. I tried using system files in mobile but it did not successes.
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Unable to log in and unable to reset the password [duplicate]
I was reading some blog and I found that I can manually start GUI by issuing this command sudo startx, so I did that. I did it in the terminal with the GUI already running. Now I'm unable to login to ...
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How can I remove or block every method that can be used to reset my password?
I've been an Ubuntu user for a while now and not so long ago one of my computers got hijacked and malicious code was installed in it by simply replacing my password using the various password recovery ...
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Remove "$vt_handoff" from GRUB menu?
Hey I am very unexperienced so I hope this is not a question that I could have been answering myself by further research.
I forgot the password to my own machine and found out that there's a ...
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Chromium and Chrome stored credentials are not showing up under "saved passwords"
for some reasons my already stored passwords are not visible under saved passwords, it just shows "saved passwords will appear here"
but they are there, the sql file is where it should be, ...
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Password Keeps "resetting"
I'm not very proficient with Linux, so please excuse my ignorance. We have an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation, and we use it to run FOG. We are running FOG on it in an virtual environment, and we don'...
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Why would my encrypted password no longer allow access after a power outage?
My desktop has been running Ubuntu 16.10 for some time now
Yesterday my town experienced a terrific thunderstorm and I experienced a power outage / surge that shut off all electronics
When ...
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Unable to open Recovery, at boot, using "SHIFT" key (12.04 LTS)
I have tried rebooting multiple times to try to get to "Recovery" (GRUB 2) by holding down "SHIFT" during boot. I am waiting until BIOS screen completes. I need to reset the admin password because I ...
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Password recovery [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost Administrative(root) password?
I have Ubuntu 11.1 , do not remember setting it up with a password but, now it will not let me in without a password. Is ...
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I forgot my default keyring password, how do I get in to recover/change it?
I forgot my default keyring password, how do I recover/change it?
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Reset User Password on Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 Environment
I am using Ubuntu on Windows, downloaded from the Microsoft Store. I created a user password, but it appears I either forgot it or typed it in wrong. For sudo commands, my user password is not working....
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Is it normal to have two shadow files in /etc directory?
I am having an issue with logging in after an upgrade to 12.04. I have been using (unsuccessfully) this guide to reset the password.
In /etc I found two shadow files: shadow and shadow- . The files ...
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Can't update/Dont know admin password
My daughter got a computer at a yard sale with an old version of ubuntu. When I try to update, it asks for admin password. It also says version no longer supported.
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User account password. Stuck in guest forever? [duplicate]
So, the thing is I created a new admin account, deleted the old one, but pressed "lock" before setting a password for it. Now I try to unlock it and it asks me for a password I've never set.
I did ...
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How to change my password? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 through wubi file, where we set username & passwd preinstalling of Ubuntu,but now I couldn't login with my username even though I typed the correct password, as it is ...
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Locked out after using usermod
After trying to change my password with usermod -p <new password> <username>
( which seemed to work but didn't give any messages ) I found I could not log in using either my old or new ...
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