I reset both of my accounts passwords but only one will let me log in.  So I logged in as that account since it has admin privs, I changed the password on the other account (My main one which I really need) and then tried again.  I have tried this several times with different passwords but no luck.  The home file system for this user looks okay.  What should I do?  If I delete the user, will I lose the files under home?
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I'm working on a Ubuntu system, and my client has completely forgotten his administrative password. He doesn't even remember entering one; however it is there.  I've tried the suggestions on the website, and I have been unsuccessful in deleting the password so that I can download applets required for running some files. Is there a solution?
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I've not been able to save new passwords to my keychain lately.   In addition, I can't view any of my passwords. I'll open Keychain Access, pick a login entry, click the Show Password checkbox, and enter my account password. When I do this, I get an error message:    This is really weird considering my account is an Admin user:    Keychain Access isn't my main password repository so I don't really care if I need to reset it. I tried going into Keychain Access to reset my default keychain.    When I do this I receive the error message:     Like I said, I'm an admin for my computer. There is another admin account that was setup when this computer was imaged, but that account shouldn't own my keychain, right?!  I tried looking for Keychain First Aid but apparently that's been removed.  I'm running 10.12.4.  Any ideas of what's going on and/or how to fix it?
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I got a brand new Windows 7 machine, installed the operating system, created one account and forgot its password. What can I do?  There is no external CD, the operating system is loaded from somewhere inside the machine.  I already tried to remember passwords and tried all candidates with all possible combinations of caps lock, num lock etc.
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How can I change my password?  I have looked around  but haven't found anything promising. A few answers got me close, but the advice always came from a more advanced user. I am new to the world of Linux however I feel I'm following the directions 100%.   I love Ubuntu &amp; I'm learning a lot of good information but I have been spending far to much energy &amp; time on what should be easy.
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I have a really long password for my Microsoft account, and I don't want to enter that every single time I log in, so I was wondering if I could have a second, smaller password for just the computer profile. I know you can do this with a PIN, or a picture password, but can I do it with a normal password?
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I have ubuntu mate. I have recently changed my password using the passwd command. I know now that I have made a mistake because I also have my home directory encrypted with the previous password.  Consequently after enter my new password at login screen it return me back to the login screen.  Can someone please help me?  I am able to enter to grub boot menu and shell, i am also able to log into guest user. Sorry if the topic is duplicate but I haven't found the same question  Thanks in advance.
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My husband wanted me to set up a Facebook account for him and I accidentally used our shared email address, which is set against my own account.  Since then, neither of us has been able to log in, so I can't alter any settings.  Can anyone advise how to resolve this please?
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I'm using the  (unified for both personal and business account) and I configured two accounts on it:   My personal account (the same I log in on Windows) My business account   Some months ago I left my previous company and I have no more access to the second account (the business one) and every time I login on Windows 10 I receive a message saying that username or password are wrong.  It's quite annoying and I would like to remove this account, but I can't since there is no "unlink" button on the settings window of OneDrive (probably because it's stuck at the login phase).    What could I do? Is there any "manual" trick (e.g. removing the account from a configuration file or the Windows register)?  Thanks!
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I made a mistake in the username at the time of installation. So I changed the name of the user after logging in by creating a guest account with SUDO rights. But when I checked the list of users using ls /home command I am not seeing the new name for the user instead Old name is appearing. But I use the new name to login.   Is it like I need to change the name inside Home directory separately? Also , if there is any other changes needs to be done .. ?
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I was trying to change my username and also my home directory (/home/username) and my system started to crash. I deleted the passwd file but I had a backup named passwd_bkp. I tried to rename this passwd_bkp as passwd and it did not work. No commands were being executed... I was in a terminal window.   I restarted my system and now I cannot log in. GRUB gives two options: Linux and recovery mode.   I tried to open a sessions as root but it says the filesystem is corrupted. I cannot access my files.  Did I lose all my files?
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I no longer use the service that I originally used to register, and would like to change the service I use to log in, or at least add a second account.  Is this possible? How do I change my login provider or associate a backup method to log in?     For more information, see "" in the .
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This piece of advice is old but is coming back into fashion. I have seen it a lot recently, on a number of Mac websites or forums. "Your ‘everyday’ user account should not be an admin account. It should be a standard account created for this purpose, and you should log to the admin account only to perform actual admin tasks. »  This seems to be common advice in the Windows world, but for an up-to-date OS X system, I just cannot understand what kind of benefits it brings. Let’s dig into it:   OS X admin accounts are not root accounts. Any app wanting to go root will ask for your password anyway, so I see no additional security layer here. Try to put /var into the Trash. Deep OS modification or code injection into most critical files has been prevented by SIP from El Capitan, whether your are admin, root or nobody. What’s more, in sensitive places where they are still allowed, such modifications would require a root password at the very least, even from an admin account, bringing us back to the first argument. For spyware, privacy concerns and this kind of stuff, using standard accounts provides little additional protection, if any. As far as I know, even when used from a standard account, apps have full access to the user’s personal files and have full network access (minus any firewall, etc.). If a bad app wants to send home your docs, it can perfectly do so from a standard account. Basic lines of defense (firewall, running trusted apps, and so on) are system wide. On the other hand, it is a pain to switch to your admin account, then switch back to your standard account, back and forth. This may actually end up with the user delaying updates or admin maintenance, just to save time and postpone dealing with the hassle.   So, why not use an admin account? I hope this won’t be marked as duplicate, other questions related to this issue didn't address these arguments.  Edit: the question applies to a computer that you own and control.
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I can no longer log in to my system after running this command :  sudo chown -R &amp;USER: $HOME   as ROOT because I couldn't access  a certain file.   Now I can't log in again.
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I have created a folder in my file system called "opt". It contains two other folders. How do I delete it with signing in as a root user? Thanks
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The problem can be reproduced as follows:   When I remove the password of an administrator account, "Log In without Password", I cannot use that account to authenticate. When I do something that requires authentication, I cannot use an admin without a password to authenticate. If I leave the password box blank without a password while choosing a non-password admin, authentication fails (in terminal or in GUI).   How to fix this problem?
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It never gave me the option to make a password, and now I can't even sign in. I've tried to click the link, but then it takes me to some website that doesn't help me at all!  How do I recover my password?
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I tried to create a new user account from 'User Accounts' in the System Settings.    First I pressed the Unlock button and the + button.  Then I chose Standard account type and filled account name. Then I pressed Add button and the account is shown there. It didn't asked for any password when the new user account was created.   When I tried to access the new account after a system restart, surprisingly, it asked for a password. Why they asked a password now?