I need to get into a laptop I got for my daughter at a yard sale. The people it belonged to did not have a clue what the password is. Can someone tell me how I can get into the system so I can load a linux OS into it? Any advise, instruction or lead me in the right direction would more than be appreciated.
Thanks - John Henry
I found an old laptop that has centos 5.5 installed. I reset the root password, but I need to reset the gui password. Is there a way to view this password or reset it? I have not worked with Linux over 5 years and am rusty on all the commands
Hi folks,
as my title says, i need to protect an ext3 partition in my external 500GB toshiba usb hard diks. it is a 250gb Partition. so if i try to open the partition on any linux or windows system (using a utility), it should ask for a password to open the partition. pls advise.
Since this morning i have a problem with logging in on my user account in Linux Mint 17.1 Mate. After entering the password I get a black screen. Logging in as guest (without password) works fine.
How can I get back to my user account.
Hi, I forgot my password so went into root to change it.
From grub menu, Ubuntu : advanced options : ubuntu recovery : network : root
input passwd then typed in a new password and re-entered password. rebooted.
Tried to uninstall Firefox from software centre but the new password was not accepted for authentication.
Could anyone advise what the problem could be or suggest what I may have done wrong. The password appeared to be accepted ok in root. Thanks
Hi. Sorry to be so stupid, but I just managed to load and install this Linux (which I really like a lot) on my previously windows <--(bad) system.
But now I need to upgrade some software (like Adobe flash), and I have no clue how to do this. I understand I should go to my original linux distrubutor, and select software thru them (my "Linux distro").
But actually, it's been awhile since I did the install, and I dont exactly remember where I even got this distribution. (I know, I'm dumb--sorry).
Is there a way I can look at my linux system files and see who my distribution is thru, and where is their website. Or would it be easier if I just went thru the whole download and install of linux again <--(not really looking forward to that).
Or even, am I wrong about going thru the distro to do installs/upgrades?
Anything you can tell me will be greatly appreciated.
Long Live Linux !! David K
In Linux Mint, I have right clicked on a folder and selected
"Sharing Options" -> checked the boxes to "Allow others to create and delete files in this folder" and "Guest Access..."
When I access the shared folder on Windows 7 it asks for a password. If I type a password in, it works.
I would like to configure it to not ask for a password, but just open the share.
is there a way via terminal to reset the username and password for my router?
i have recently started working with the terminal and in order to use ssh im going to need to download some software and enter the username and password for the router which i havent a clue what it is. im not sure i ever set the username and password on it????
if i could re make the username and password for my router i would then be able to get this ssh working.
or is this not possible?
Hi all. I can't connect to my Win 8.1 box from Linux Mint. I can ping the Win box successfully. I can access my Linux share from my Win box. It seems like the problem is with windows. I've been working on this problem for about three days now with no luck. I've uninstalled Norton Security in my Win box. I've deactivated Microsoft's firewall. Not helping. My smb.conf is:
[homes]
read only = no
security = domain
workgroup = WORKGROUP
[share]
comment = Shared Data
path = /home/gary/share
gues ok = yes
writeable = no
browseable = yes
To make things simple i created only one shared folder on my Win box, asm. On Linux i type: sudo mount.cifs //GARYZ97/asm /home/gary/share -o user=Gary ; Gary is apparently my correct Windows username. BTW, i've also tried gary.
Linux responds with: [sudo] password for gary: jj ; this is my correct sudo password
Next response is: Password for Gary@//GARYZ97/asm: ; here i have tried my Microsoft Account password; i've tried just hitting enter; i've tried jj my Linux password. I'm at my wits end. What am i doing wrong? I've googled so many different sites but no one seems to have the problem i have. Please help. I don't want to pull out all my hair. I can access my Linux share from Windows, edit it, save it, and i see the changes on my Linux box. I know i'm being repetitive here but i just can't access my Windows share from Linux. I have run testparm on smb.conf and no problems there. Almost forgot. After entering what i believe is my correct Windows password i get: mount error(115): Operation now in progress, and then on the next line, Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Hi
I unfortunately can not remember my supa user password for Ubuntu linux on my Odroid U3.
Being new to linux I am lost as to how to restore or reset the password.
Any help offered will be really appreciated.
Colin
I first did the "try it", running it from the CD. I had the option to install from there and did. I cannot download any thing. My user name is John and there are 5 dots in the password space? My version is: ubuntu 14.04 lts. I was not able to change the root to read-write so I could change the password. Nothing worked unbuntu does connect to my wifi.
I'm a real newbie but what I 've tried in ubuntu has impressed me.
Help please