Software :: Retrieve Forgotten Root Password?
Mar 15, 2011I installed Oracle database on LinuxI can only log in to Linux server by database userBut I forgot the root password and cannot log in by root.
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Red Hat / Fedora :: Recover User Password And Root Password If Forgotten ?
Oct 24, 2010How to recover user password and root password in fedora if u forget
View 2 Replies View RelatedOpenSUSE Install :: 11.0 - Which System To Mount To Change The Root Forgotten Password
Jan 12, 2010I have a Suse 11.0 Server that has been running for a long time and I have not had to touch it, well I need to get into it today and I forgot the password. So I booted it up with the install disc and got into the rescue mode but I am not sure how or which system to mount to change the root password I tried sda and sda1 but it errored out with unknown system type
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Mar 3, 2010retrieve the root password in linux. Need it as early as possible.
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May 26, 2010I admin my server by realvnc with a non-root account(webmaster). I forgot root password but just a webmaster user remote control.Is there any way to retrieve the root password without sitting front the server? (I work far away from my server.)OS: centos 4.5Kernel: 2.6.9
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Oct 22, 2010I have forgot the root password of opensuse server. How could I retrieve it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Forgotten Grub Password?
Feb 11, 2010My friend have been using Ubuntu 9.04 for a couple of months,he have protected his Grub entries using a password,but he forgotten his password..So now he cant able to login,he is getting struck in the Grub Menu..How to resolve this??
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Jul 25, 2011Haven't used my laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 in months, completely forgotten my username and password. I've read up other peoples advice on this but it hasn't helped, tried following this, [URL] but once i get to 'Drop to root shell prompt' i get 'Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): I don't recall ever having a 'root password'
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: EE PC New Install / Forgotten Windows Password?
Nov 22, 2010This is the first time I will be using Ubuntu OS. I have an Asus Ee PC 4g which has windows XP running on it. I forgot my password, I was using the administrator's account, and tried to use Opcrack to retrive it. I down loaded Opcrack on to my desktop and followed the instructions to put it on to my usb key.
I started up Asus Ee PC and got it to boot from the usb, Opcrack ran OK but came up with the password of my desktop which I had down loaded the programme to? As I have very little stuff on the Asus I decided I would just try and install Ubuntu and clear Windows off my Asus? I down loaded Ubuntu and put the it on to my USB OK and got it running.
I clicked the install folder on the desktop but the install stalled on the second step, the page after language? I am going to try and down load again using a torrent as I read this may be quicker and prevent from anything going wrong in the process.
OpenSUSE Install :: Root Password Not Set \ Wasn't Prompted To Set The Root Password?
Jun 25, 2010When I installed the OS, I wasn't prompted to set the root password. Is this a bug, or did my install hose up?
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Apr 29, 2010how to retrieve lost password to file server storage) running Samba 3.0.14a-Debian? Access to file server from windows PCs via LAN , no direct access.Where the password stored there and how to retrieve?
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Jan 25, 2011I have created 2 in Linux.One is admin and other is Guest.But I forgot my admin password.ow to retrieve or change the admin password?
View 6 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Networking :: Retrieve Saved Wireless Password?
Mar 12, 2011I have saved a wireless password on my ubuntu 10.10 and I connect to it everyday. The other day I wanted to pass it to my friend to use the connection but I couldn't find the saved password. So I checked some forums and I realized it should be possible to find the saved passwords under Systerm > Preferences > Passwords and encryption keys. Although I can only see one of my saved passwords, the other one is missing.
View 1 Replies View RelatedServer :: How To Store Password In Encrypted File / Retrieve It In Secure Mode?
Jul 14, 2011there are some configuration files where linux require the password of application user, to do something.how can i to encrypt the password in these files? Or how can i to store that password in encrypted file and retrieve it in secure mode?
View 2 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Mail Server : Reset The Password For It Using The Password Command From The Root Login?
Jul 23, 2009I am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Password Overwrite - Root Access Is Destroyed - Restore The Password File?
Mar 3, 2010I m Trying to get vsftpd usergroups to work i accidentally moved a file called passwd from /etc/vsftpd/ to /etc/, resulting in my root access is destroyed! how to restore the passwd file so i can keep working, or do i have to re-install the entire box?
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Change Root Password - Typing A Password, No Characters Show Up?
Mar 9, 2010I'm really new to Linux so this will probably sound like a pretty naive question to most users, but how do you change the root password?To install Java, I have to type # su into Terminal,which then asks for the password.What's weird is that when I start typing a password, no characters show up. I don't know if this is supposed to happen or not.I've found a bunch of different sites on the Internet that explain how to change the root password, but none of them seem to work for my specific work station.
I've got Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. In the GRUB boot menu, I can choose to boot normal or in recovery mode (I'm led to believe older versions don't have this option).I've tried typing # sudo passwrd into Terminal, but I already have a root password set up apparently, so I can't change it there.
Ubuntu :: Root User Directory Does Not Exist, Root Password Not Recognised?
Oct 26, 2010I no longer have access to my root desktop. On a session I attempted to change the root username but i apparently assigned it a wrong directory that does not exist. When I rebooted with my new root username, i was instead recognised as a simple user (no root privileges). I tried the console to change to "old" root but root password is not accepted and there is no way to access to sudoer files. it seems that inserting a new username requires root privileges and i am back to square one. Simply logging with old root username and password after restart gives me a blank screen with nothing on it and cannot even reboot.
View 9 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Did Not Find Any Option For Root Password For Root User In Ubuntu 9.10?
Mar 2, 2010i used opensuse 11.1 ...there is option for root user to create password for root...but for ubuntu i did not find anything like that...so how can i create root password....or how can i use root
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: CentOS / Sudo Doesn't Accept Root Password But Logging In As Root Works
Apr 9, 2010I was trying to edit a file requiring root permissions, so I used sudo. I typed the root password and it failed. This happened three times, and the process was ended. I then logged in as root (su) and was able to navigate to the file and make changes as root. Am I missing something? How would I edit the sudoers file such that this password would work? Or is there another way to log in to the sudo group to make these changes? How do I set sudo passwords?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Forgot Root Password And How To Change The Password
Jul 2, 2010i forgot root password and how to change the password
View 3 Replies View RelatedRed Hat :: Cannot Change Root Password (let Alone Standard User's Password)?
Jan 6, 2009At the RHEL prompt, I entered the standard user's username/password combo. Linux displays a message box stating:"Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator."Next, I entered "root" in the username field and entered the root password (which expired also--keep in mind that passwords are set to expire after x days). Linux displays a message box stating:"You are required to change your password immediately (password aged)."When prompted to "Enter current UNIX password", I entered the new password (was that the right thing to do?); Linux displays a message box stating:"The change of the authentication token failed. Please try again later or contact the system administrator."I rebooted the system and got into command line mode; somehow I logged in as "root" (don't know exactly how, but needed to change the password there). At the "#" prompt, I type "passwd root"; Linux displays the message "Changing password for user root", followed by the message "passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered.
View 4 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Root Login Without Setting Root Password
May 14, 2015I edited fstab to automatically mount my windows data partition on boot, but I screwed it up by not specifying the file system type, however that is not the problem, I was able to fix that easily. The problem was that when it failed to mount the partition, Debian automatically entered root and I guess that is to be expected in order for me to fix it, but I never configured a root password and it just gave me full root access without asking any password, not even my user password. I though that was strange so I set the root password and sure thing it asked me for the root password this time without automatically logging into root....
I then tried to lock the root account to see if it will ask me for a password or not, it did but of course I wasn't able to login as root because it was locked now and I was left with no way to access the system. I had to fix fstab from a live cd so that I can login normally as the user....
I didn't know what to search for or if that is the expected behavior if you don't set root password during installation, but it just seemed a bit strange to automatically enter root when you specifically disable root login during installation...
Ubuntu :: Root-User : Unset The Root Password?
Oct 14, 2010A friend of mine has told me to set a root password and use root (f.e. switching to su in terminal and work with root rights instead).Is there any way to unset the root password? I know how to use sudo now.
View 9 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Recover Password Or Better Have The Root Password?
Mar 15, 2010Ubuntu is installed in dual boot in my machine. I created only one user and unfortunately I forgot the password. is there anyway to recover this password or better have the root password?
View 1 Replies View RelatedFedora Security :: Become Root Without Root Password?
Oct 20, 2010I found this on Bee's website. For more info on this exploit there are links there:[URl]..All you have to do in Fedora 13 is enter the following lines in a shell as normal user:
[Code]...
I don't think this can be considered solely an "upstream" problem, because I first tried it in Arch using the same version of glibc, and the final command causes both gnome-terminal and xterm windows to disappear.
General :: Using SSH To Log Into A Non-root Account Using Root Password
Feb 10, 2010I am trying to log into a server with a particular account. Let's say I don't know the password for that account. Can I do this using ssh? I am wondering if it is possible to do it in one command, instead of logging in as root and running su.
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Computer Name Is 'forgotten' On LAN
Sep 1, 2011I'm running ubuntu 10.04 and what I see is that after a few days up-time other computers on our LAN cannot resolve my ubuntu name anymore. This is critical since my NFS mounts stop working (my computer name is mentioned in the /etc/exports on the NFS server). My ubuntu is connected via DHCP.Is there some sort of refresh mechanism which needs to be configured in ubuntu?
View 9 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Lost Password - "Give Root Password For Maintenance"
Apr 16, 2010I want b able to recover or reset the password that i lost. I have ubunto installed with windows vista. I used the following link for guidance: [URL].. tried recovery mode in grub it always asks me the same thing:"Give root password for maintenance". I also tried to edit and boot the kernel unfortunately it did not work. So i never have a prompt, it still asks me for the password.
View 2 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Change Forgotten User Pass Through SSH?
Mar 31, 2010I have been put on the task of changing the passwords of two user accounts on one of our debian boxes at work. The problem is that the current passwords are unknown, and I only have SSH access to the machine.
Is there anything I can do?
I thought about simply creating two new users and removing the old, but that may not be an option.