Password

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:22 pm

Damnit... I forgot my usr password for my linux box. I remember my root though.

How the hell can I get my user password?

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:25 pm

Never mind...

/su
/"root password"
/passwd user
/reset password.. bla bla bla

Never mind - got it.

Post by **Arlos** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:28 pm

Just be glad you didn't forget them in the opposite order.

-Arlos

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:06 pm

I wouldn't even bother if it were the root I forgot - I'd just do a complete reinstall.

Post by **Tossica** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:24 pm

No need, there are bootable ISO's that you can use to crack any password protected box. Windows, Unix, whatever.

Post by **Gidan** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:53 pm

Hell, its not even that hard. Boot to single user mode and just reset the password unless you are on a gentoo box which requires root password on single user mode. Easy way to remove root password is just to edit the /etc/shadow file and remove the encrypted password from the root user, this sets root to no password. Then just log in as root and change the pass.