Warning: I do not advocate that anyone to make modifications which extend outside of their organizations security policies. Doing so may put account security as risk. By default, passwords associated with vSphere Single Sign-On expire every 90 days. As a user approaches this expiry point they will be reminded that their password is about to […]
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Yes! I forgot my password to a fresh install of Ubuntu. Thankfully I can recover using the following steps: 1. Turn your computer on. 2. Press ESC at the GRUB prompt. 3. Press e for edit. 4. Highlight the line that begins “kernel ………”, press e 5. Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash […]
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How-To Change Linux Password
So you are now the new Linux user and during the install you set a password, but now you have a need to change it. If you run a headless sever (no desktop) you may be interested in this little bit of info. You can use the passwd command to change your password, and, […]
Yes! I am playing with a MAC. I didn’t know how to change my password and now I do. Resetting a user’s password Log in with an administrator account. From the Apple menu choose System Preferences. From the View menu choose Accounts. Click the lock button if it appears locked; enter the administrator password. Select the username whose password you want […]
Recently, someone, I knew decided to change their password, and later forgot it. This account was the only Administrator account on the system. And while their data was just fine they had no access to their desktop. So they called upon ‘jermsmit’ to assist them in getting logged onto their system once again. Here I […]