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rsivanesan1 10-23-2011 07:56 PM
"how to login in to Linux without password or to recover password"
 
Hi, my name is Rajeev and I have taken a class in Linux at school. It was a beginner class. I haven't used Linux for a while and I forgot my password. I remember my username though. Please help if you can. I have taken a few computer classes and have a bachelors degree at a different school. I also have one certificate at a community college.

opensourcewj 10-23-2011 08:49 PM
use single user mode to repair(in grub).

TB0ne 10-23-2011 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rsivanesan1 (Post 4506150)
Hi, my name is Rajeev and I have taken a class in Linux at school. It was a beginner class. I haven't used Linux for a while and I forgot my password. I remember my username though. Please help if you can. I have taken a few computer classes and have a bachelors degree at a different school. I also have one certificate at a community college.
Great...did any of these certificates or courses happen to cover Google, or using a search function?? This has been covered on here MANY times, and Google has about 500k hits.

http://www.debuntu.org/recover-root-...-mode-and-grub
http://linux.about.com/od/linux101/l/blnewbie3_2_3.htm

Do you remember your root password? What version/distro of Linux are you using?? You should be able to boot into single-user mode, or via a Linux CD/DVD, and change your password from there, or log in as root and change it with "passwd <username>".

deep27ak 10-24-2011 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by rsivanesan1 (Post 4506150)
Hi, my name is Rajeev and I have taken a class in Linux at school. It was a beginner class. I haven't used Linux for a while and I forgot my password. I remember my username though. Please help if you can. I have taken a few computer classes and have a bachelors degree at a different school. I also have one certificate at a community college.

try this link


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