On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 00:38 -0500, Sam Gordon wrote: > hi i got a question..my friend installed fedora on my pc and put in > the username password and now he doesnt remember it lol..and i have no > idea what it is because he installed it...is there a way to override > the login or somehow bypass it and change the information? plz just > tell me what my options r in the matter Yes, you should be able to login as the root user (the so-called "superuser" in Unix/Linux systems). As the root user you can then run "passwd <username>" to replace your lost password for that acccount. Hope that helps. -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479
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