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Old 11-16-2011, 02:54 AM   #1
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Unhappy How to recover lost linux password?


My PC boots in dual OS. MS XP Prof and Redhat Linux. I forgot the LOGIN Username and Password for Linux. How to retrieve or reset it please suggest. Thanks.
 
Old 11-16-2011, 03:13 AM   #2
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Many solutions listed here.
 
Old 11-21-2011, 03:14 PM   #3
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Old 12-02-2011, 01:50 AM   #4
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This kind of questions is barely allowed here at LQ. Even if your intentions are genuine, we cannot tell for sure if you're truly trying to recover a password for your system or if you're trying to force a login to a system for which you don't have permissions, instead. Please look at the link posted above and good luck! This thread closed.
 
  


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