Using linux is there any tools by which we can recover the wireless password. in fact, we write somewhere and we lost it. if we reset we will lose all setting and take longer time to configure it.
View 1 RepliesI recently installed Ubuntu and noticed when I load 'Recovery Mode' from Grub, I am not asked for a password. Since you can change the login password from there, is there a way to add a password to this?
I would like to be prompted for a password before the recovery mode starts.
I remember my password very well and have no need of password recovery. Everywhere I look it's how to recover and I don't want that. The kind where you boot into root recovery console to change the password.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI have cross posted as it is not really a wireless network problem (wireless networking works fine) but a wireless security problem (WEP and WPA security kill wireless networking).I am not total sure which forums it should be in.From original post in networking and wireless forum:I am having a heap of issues with wireless and hopefully the following will help someone out there in guru land help me fix this problem.It seems to be more then a simple computer to wireless security problem. This is long, get a cuppa and a cumfy seat and yes this did take me the better part of 1/2 a day to complete all this testing
I volunteer my various machines and time to try and fault find the issue on all machines to help the developers to fix this problem on mine and I can document everything. Hopefully this will help someone fix wireless security on Linux once and for all.
The title says it; I want to prevent users from viewing the wireless network password.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI logged in recovery mode via grub, it shows several options: like, resume normal boot
When I enter the resume normal boot it shows something like this:
xxx login:
password:
And I entered my root password which I need for the command "sudo -i". But it shows incorrect password, why is it so?
Same thing happens with dpkg option also? Why is it so, I dont have any other passwords for my machine?
I have inherited a Compaq Armada 1592DMT that has Debian GNU/Linux (tiny) on its hard drive. After bootup there is a dialog box asking for login & password. Two things I have no way of answering. So how do I recover them? I do not have the faintest idea how Debian Linux works, nor how to Bash Grubs, I'm just an old Windows button pusher.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have seen a hundred post to just boot into the Recovery console and reset the users password, but when I do it asks for a password before I can do anything. I know there are Windows Password hack utilities, are there any for Linux/Ubuntu? Any other options? Can I use a live cd to access the config file or something?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI take it home turns out its a eee pc asus with linux. there isnt even a cd drive on this computer, i am currently using my wife's computer trying to learn about linux, never used this OS before, I know nothing past the general windows xp user. well i start it up and there is a username and password, how do i reset this password? i read all about this GRUB and command prompts but i dunno even know how to get to command promts, and i dont know anyone smart. and i cant use a password recovery disc cause there is no cd rom.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have forget the root password of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Please tell me how to recover it from the other linux account of the same version. I also want to know that after setting the new password did I have to repair the grub or grub will be as usual.
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Ex employee logged into to box and changed the root password, trued to start in single user mode, but not coming right
Long version:
Tried changing the directories to /usr/bin and /sbin but didn't work either.
When accessing terminal; it keeps asking me for my root password....how do I find it? I don't remember it; all the passwords that I thought were the right ones did not work. When I typed password after root password, nothing showed as I typed.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am new to Fedora. I know my top probably already been posted somewhere but I just could not find it. I just installed Fedora 11. But my root password does not work (I guess was my fault to type wrong in the first place or some type of short term memory lost). I looked at the root password recovery procedure which involves select single user at GRUB page when booting. But for some reasons, Fedora 11 does not boot into GRUB. I tried Alt+CTRL+F1, F1 or Shift, none of those gives me Grub screen.
View 5 Replies View RelatedYes thats right. Last night I changed my logon password for better security. (have a feeling my flatmate knows it). When I tried to log in today, it wouldn't accept my password. No I know that I got it correct. I know this for a fact. So after a few tries, I decided stuff this, I am going to reset it using recovery console. But the recovery console just hangs with the following on the screen:
[4.1098198] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x30
I can ctrl+alt f2, and I just get a flashing cursor. So that's it then. My ubuntu box is hosed and I am about twenty minutes away from formatting and starting again. 6 months of schoolwork, designs for architectural competitions etc all gone.
I'll start by admitting I'm bad at backing things up. My situation is that I have a desktop that was in storage for a year, and I don't have the login name or password anymore. Is there anyway to get around this roadblock, say by upgrading? I'd really like to save the files on the HD.If I can boot up in protected mode and login as root,it seems that I should be able to change the login and pwd.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm using suse linux. Its new one to me. Without using any password I am using this linux. If I want to install a software it shows that the software is read only. I was used the guide to install the software but it ask me that to give password in terminal. If I enter in to account setting to create a new password. It asked the old password. Without the password the system was booting. How can I set the password?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am new to knoppix. I actually have never used it. I was under the impression that I could change or recover my password on Windows Vista. I only have one user and it is the administrator. I am not exactly sure why it is no longer working. It is on a laptop and I have let others use it at times. don't know if someone may have changed when it was open at work or something. Every time I boot up and my user account comes up. I put in my password and it looks like it will log on but then comes back and says wrong password. I did see a way to do it with Windows 2000, and XP. Will that also work with Vista?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a friend that tried to change her user password on Windows, and now can't log in to her account. Of course it's the only user account on the computer. Are there system recovery tools on any Linux liveCDs that could change the passwords of Windows user account?
View 6 Replies View RelatedA friend has a embedded system (korg recorder) with a ata drive in it, that crashed. We are trying to come up with ways to retrieve the data off of the drive. I'm asking in security as this seems like it would be close to forensics, hence security. Hints on software for linux to help either recover files, move files, copy/clone the drive? I'm not so concerned about the korg's os on the drive, as we can create a new blank drive and install that, its the data that is critical, that needs to be recovered. The original korg os was only recognizing drives up to 100gbs so I'm guessing this might be a fat16 filesystem if that helps. Well, that and the program installed to the drive to run it in the korg is an exe.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI know this has probably been asked too many times here but I need to secure my emails. Personal matters of course. But yeah. I use the program "Password and Encryption Keys" to generate a key to sign my emails with but I do not know what to do. To be blunt, I'm stupid when it comes to this. IF not, steps in creating a key? and giving it (my public key) to the significant other? Finding where both keys are? Implementing it into Thunderbird? If it helps any here's some extra information: Ubuntu distro: Ubuntu 10.04 Email client: Thunderbird
View 7 Replies View RelatedI just tried ubuntu 9.10 in recovery mode i came to know that i can change root passwd without knowing the password then i can change password of every user by logging in as root
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a windows install that is totally hosed, bluescreens, etc. I want to try to force mount it from Ubuntu to get whatever data I can, but it won't allow me to mount. It keeps telling me to run chkdsk /f and reboot twice. But that's not possible. I was wondering if there are any ntfs tools for Ubuntu or any data recovery tools I can use to get what I can from this drive.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI already posted a topic similar to this concerning the Desktop OS version, but this deals with the Netbook because unlike the Desktop, the Netbook is less cooperative. Allow me to elaborate: Today (or rather yesterday since it's not after midnight where I am), I changed my password because I was hopelessly confounded about how to get my Wireless Network card up and running after it had been installed and I was allowing my dad to use it. This issue has since been resolved, however...
When I chose my password during the original installation, there was no mention of it being "too simple." This is where the Desktop OS and the Netbook OS differ. The desktop will let me change it in the terminal without any errors. The Netbook will not. When I've attempted to revert it back to the original, it will not let me do so in the User Profile or in the Terminal. The Passwords and Encryption Keys application also does not appear to help.
So now even after I've changed it to a different "complicated" password I am still prompted to insert two different passwords since I changed my user password but I am unable to change the password I input during the installation. A bit screwy methinks. This is extremely important. I'd like to know how to change the original installation password.
If I can't change the main password on my laptop then this is a serious potential security breach just waiting to happen (especially since it's on a laptop and I will be hauling it around with me) and I will most likely install a different OS if this isn't resolved --- It would be very unfortunate since I spent the whole day fixing it and I really enjoy the interface. Luckily I can live with this on my Desktop since I'm not going to be hauling it around with me everywhere when the school year starts.
I am getting trouble with knetwork manager. I created a new connection by scanning and connecting using knetwork manager. But every time connection gets disconnected and ask for password and again it connects.
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