autorizations passwords

Asked by Michael Ruys

I am sometimes asked to provide a password for authorization on my netbook. I cant recall providing a password when i set up my computer. I have tried the password I usually use for other applications but it does not work. How can I find or change my password for authorization? Thank you

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Delan Azabani (azabani) said :
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You set up the password for your user account when you installed Ubuntu. Even if you are set up to log in automatically, you still need the password to authorize certain system-wide actions. Without this security feature, viruses could silently do their work without giving you a chance to stop it.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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I don't remember user and password what i can do

You can do this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

or

To discover your user and restore (change) the password you can:

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC.

Press "e" for edit.

Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, and press "e"

Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash

press enter, then press "b" to boot your system.

Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.

Type in grep -i 1000 /etc/passwd

The system must show a row with your user name at the start of the row
for example:
danilo:x:1000:1000:ubuntu,,,:/home/danilo:/bin/bash

Here my user is danilo

Then to change your user password type in:

passwd username

or

passwd -d username

change username with your real user

Set your password.

Type in:

reboot

or

reboot -f

Hope this helps

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