Questions tagged [password-recovery]
Questions about the recovery of passwords.
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ubuntu does not log in after I reset my password
I lost my Ubuntu password for my laptop (samsung np nf310). I found a lot of informations to recover it on askubuntu and other sites on internet, here just two of them:
How do I reset a lost ...
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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 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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How to Use Ubuntu when you have no access to previous owners password [duplicate]
I have an old gateway420gr that I was hoping to use as my computer crashed. I been unable to get past authenticity issues as I don't know the original owners passwd. I can't access the internet via a ...
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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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Password reset will not let me type
I tried doing the password reset but when I went to enter in the new password it would not let me type. I went into the root section, entered passwd and then my user-name, and it went into the area ...
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System won't boot into recovery mode [duplicate]
I'm new to the whole Linux thing. I bought the computer (HP envy M6) from a pawn shop under the impression it had Windows 8 installed, with a duel boot version of Linux.
Not the case at all. It is ...
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bought off lease Dell, with ubuntu installed... need password [duplicate]
I had bought an off lease Dell with ubuntu pre-installed....whenever I try and update any updates to anything, it asks for a password, which I had never created. Nothing works...help, please? Thanks
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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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Ecryptfs: lost passphrase
When I mounted some dir by
mount -t ecryptfs private data
I entered wrong password. I wrote data in this dir and now I can't mount it. I have no valid password and passphrase (know only the same), ...
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how to reset a lost admin password?
how can I reset a lost administrative password ,considering that Ubuntu and windows7 are both installed on the computer , considering also that "Boot up the machine,and after the BIOS screen, hold ...
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I've lost my root status [duplicate]
I created a new user and set its option to "root". Then I switched the option of the user which was activated to "standard" and closed the window. But now I can't login as the new user because I didn'...
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whats the problem with rarcrack?
I have installed Rarcrack but whats the issue with it I am not getting . here the code of the terminal
root@ubuntu:~/sec# sudo apt-get install rarcrack
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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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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I accidentally deleted all admin accounts [13.04]
I accidentally deleted all admin accounts, I can only use Guest Account and I don't know my root password. How can I recover my Admin account?
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How Do I Reset my Ubuntu Password on a Laptop That Came with Windows 8 Pre-installed? [duplicate]
My laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed and uses UEFI (the successor to BIOS) by default. It has been working fine for me for a few months. I decided to install Ubuntu with the goal of a ...
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I forgot my ubuntu autheticate password! [duplicate]
I was trying to download GIMP on my computer,it asked for a autheticate password!
of course I didn't know it,so I wasn't going to try to type it in if it was only going to say it was wrong
What ...
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keyboard buttons are not working at the time of changing password
when i forget my admin user passwrd i use the way of recovery mode ,i got the step of changing passwrd successfully like this .........recovery mode/root/## mount -rw -o remount/ passwd /enter new ...
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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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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 remove password recovery reset?
How can I remove the ability to reset passwords outside of Ubuntu. This probably is ill advised, but I already have set a really good password that I cannot forget with high entropy and 42 characters....
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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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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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New computer, already has Ubuntu [duplicate]
I just now got a new computer today from a friend. I have researched all the posts on Google to try to find out how to reset the root password since I do not know it and cannot get ahold of him. Tried ...
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How do i change the password of root, using webmin in one command line?
I have lost root password of one old server, where i can only have normal user login and via webmin login. Via webmin interface i have one option to execute command, i have been trying the following ...
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Password not accepted. How to reset? [duplicate]
I installed UBUNTU 12.04 LTS today. I had kept my password as "1317kmb".On restarting and updating it asks for password. when i use the above mentioned password, it does not accepts. I don't know why?
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Unable to log in [duplicate]
Although I've set up a username and password when I was installing Ubuntu 13.04, when I type in my password it says it's incorrect although language is checked and my password's correct. What's wrong?
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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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Password and username recover
I recently bought a IBM Thinkpad with Ubuntu. I do not know the password.
I tried to change it by using the recovery method but when I'm prompted to enter the new password I can't enter anything ...
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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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Password changed for no reason?
I'm having a problem logging into my computer. I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I am 100% sure I didn't change my password, although I tried typing it 100 times, it's not working.
I restarted the computer, I ...
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New Password, please help! [duplicate]
I haven't used my linux computer in a couple of months because I went abroad, so I downgraded to be safe in case it got stolen; But the thing is I cannot log in because the password I believe to have ...
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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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I reset password in the recovery mode, but still unable to login in ubuntu
I booted in recovery mode and then typed:
mount -o rw,remount / passwd username
I got numerous options, none of them worked. Then I type passwd and hit enter. It asked for new password, I reset the ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 not accepting password to change printers?
Ubuntu 11.10 not accepting root password to change printers.
Keeps saying password may be invalid.
Password works to unlock root user.
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How to export saved FTP password from GNOME Commander?
I am migrating to another computer. And I need saved FTP passwords from Gnome Commander which I was using for the connection. Where should I search for these password?
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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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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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I forgot my password Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I travelled from South America and I installed my old HDD and I forgot my Sudo Password. Please help me in retrieving it. Thank You.
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What is the command to retrieve the pass phrase of an encrypted home directory?
I remember setting a password to encrypt my directory when I installed Ubuntu, and running a command to retrieve a pass phrase in case I lost the password. Can anyone tell me what is the terminal ...
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Unable to login Ubuntu. How can I recover it?
I was trying to setup and ssh server with chrooted and after getting tired of no results and permission issue I ran the following command resulting in a screen that as soon as I enter my user and ...
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Login identity when system sleeps
System went to sleep, then asked for a password. I have tried every password I have ever used. Does ubuntu require something different. I loaded this two years ago, last summer. I do not remember, ...
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How can I give my account admin powers again? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can i give Admin permissions to my account?
When I installed Ubuntu I used a password and "admin" type account. But accidentally I changed it's type to "standard". So I ...
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Why does clicking 'Shutdown' from Menu only log me off? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Shutdown” or “Restart” logs out
Whenever I click 'Shutdown' from the menu it just logs me off. I have no accounts (Exept from Guest, but I keep it logged off) logged on, but ...
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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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How I can acess GRUB menu of ubuntu 10.04?
My GRUB menu vanished, and I cannot access it with left SHIFT. When I press the left SHIFT I see opening GRUB and then the desktop menu.
I need it urgently because I lost my password.
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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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How can I access data on a computer without knowing the login password?
There are a number of files (photos, stories, poetry... etc.) on a computer that I need to retrieve. Is there any way to get around the login procedure or to get to my files without the password? Any ...
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How to recover password without restart
So I recently installed Ubuntu on this computer, I just started using it today for the 2nd time, I needed to install some video plugins to use for the web and it asked me for a password.
I do not ...
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Cannot reset my password
I cannot reset my password
I'm kinda stuck... I tried resetting my password with the recovery mode but it says error!
Does anybody know how to solve my problem???
I also could upload some ...
