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A friend installed Linux on my computer 4 months ago and is now out of town. I need to access the administrator password in order to install codecs to play ...
- 11-23-2009 #1Just Joined!
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adminstrator password lost
A friend installed Linux on my computer 4 months ago and is now out of town. I need to access the administrator password in order to install codecs to play Quicktime. How do I retrieve the adminstrator password ? I am a newbie so please give step by step answers. Thanks!
- 11-23-2009 #2Linux User
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darlene,
hope you are genuine and that you are not asking this to get into your friend's computer.
Ref:
1) How-To: Recover root password under linux with single user mode | Debian/Ubuntu Tips & Tricks and/or
2) HOWTO: Recover root password Linux articleA candle looses nothing by lighting other candles. - Khalil Zibran.
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- 11-23-2009 #3Just Joined!
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Thanks so very much. Yes I am absolutely genuine but understand your concern. If you have any doubts this is my email: dgurr@telus.net and Darlene is my actual name. I do not have anything to hide and am certainly not in anyway dishonest. Thanks again.
- 11-23-2009 #4forum.guy
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Welcome to the forums!
We have a HowTo for resetting the root password in our collection of articles, too:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html
Hope it works for you.oz
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