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Old 06-15-2006, 03:34 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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hello everyone...i would just like to ask how to bring back the original password in linux in user account. because there are malicious people in the workplace, i changed the password of it to a longer one (pc8 is the original password..i changed it to moon123). i would like to bring it back to pc8 as the password..how can i do that thing? pls help me..thank u!
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Old 06-15-2006, 04:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Go into trhe root account (only root can change passwords I think)

open a terminal and type:

Passwd user and change it

You can also if you are so incliend change your own password by typing:

passwd without a user name, you will then be asked for your old password and then to type in a new one

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