how to recover password
 

hi,
i need help to recover username password at suse 9.3, any help will be appreciate

login as root & change the user password.....

ok, thanks,but how to login as root? i'm new for linux

ok, what is your linux distro?

do you've your root password? if yes, open terminal (xterm or others)

su - root
<password>

btw, now you logon using what user?

i use suse 9.3, my prob is now i cant login to desktop since i lost my username password

ok. can you login using root acc

but how to login to root since i cant login to desktop

press ctrl+alt+f1 at the login prompt.
log in as root.
do passwd <your username>.
log out of root (type exit or logout or press ctrl+D).
press ctrl+alt+f7 to get back to your login screen.

Type Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login as root. Change the password with "passwd username", logout and Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get GUI again. If it's not F7 in suse, try F5 or 6.

EDIT: Now that's twice that's happened today (someone was faster) :p

thanks a lot

ok, i type ctrl+alt+F1, then this bring me to screen like this :

linux login :
password : ( i filled my root password) but it's show :

incorrect login, how to login as root from this?

Umm, did you type "root" (without quotes) at the login: ?

do u mean at this screen or after i type ctrl+alt+f1? "linux login :"

After ctrl + alt + f1.
- it askes for an user (login). enter "root" (without quotes).
- then it askes for the password for the entered user (root user).
- Enter the root user password.

Now you should be logged in as root.

to reset the users password (for wich you forgot password) do the following

- type: "passwd username" (without quotes, notice that you must substitute username with the actual username, eg passwd james)
- then it askes for the new password for this user. do so.
- Wow! it asks you for the password again (enter the new password again)
there.. all done.
- type "exit"

- Do ctrl + alt + f7 to return to the graphical screen (where you need to login to)
- then enter the right user + the newly entered password.

done.


enjoy.

:p