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how to recover user password and root password in fedora if u forget...
- 10-24-2010 #1Just Joined!
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how to recover user password and root password in fedora if u forget
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Passwords on Linux are one-way encrypted. IE, you cannot derive the plaintext from the stored encrypted form. If you lose your password you either have to guess it, or reset it. Why do you want to know? If you know the root password, you can reset a user password. If you know a user password with sudo privileges, then as that user you can reset another user or root's password.
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