I think the link you sent will help.... it teaches how to eraase all passwords (I think) I'll give the guy who installed the OS a day to see if he remembers the password he he3 set. I hope he does because I don't have a knoppix disk. I do havee a PHLAK disk and I think that will work as well. If not maybe that PLUGer on Mingus mountain can help me out. On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:54 PM, keith smith wrote: > > And once in you can issue passwd username > > you will then be prompted for the password and you will need to enter it > twice. > > I've never changed a user password while in single user mode so I hope this > works. My system is setup where I have to be sudo or root to change a > password. Unless of course it is my password I'm trying to change. > > You can find your users by listing then with the cat command. They are in > the /etc/passwd file. > > So do this : cat /etc/passwd > > > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Thu, 12/9/10, keith smith * wrote: > > > From: keith smith > > Subject: Re: Don't remember password. > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8:47 PM > > > > > I think there might be an easier way and I'm no pro. Found this online. > Hope it helps > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Thu, 12/9/10, Michael Havens * wrote: > > > From: Michael Havens > Subject: Re: Don't remember password. > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 7:37 PM > > my os is ubuntuu 9.10 > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > it is linux and I've been stuck with windows for so long now that I do not > remember how to do this. Could someone help me out? > > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM, JD Austin wrote: > > Assuming it is linux you can usually boot into single user mode and then > change the password. > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 18:14, Michael Havens wrote: > > I don't remember the password to mycomputer. Could the gentleman that gave > it to me email me (bmike1@gmail.com) and tell me what it was? If nobody > remembers it could someone tell me how to get it? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: