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I don't have password to download software

Asked by Kerry Doyle

I need to download an update to my Adobe but I'm being asked for an administrative password. I don't have it. Is there any way to find out what it is? I don't have any of the paperwork from the computer.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

If you try to download via Software Center, Synaptic or Terminal, the requested passwd usually is the one you've set up on installation, the one you login with.

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Kerry Doyle (kdoyleesq) said : 		#2

I don't use a password to log in, that's the problem so I don't remember it, is there anyway to find out what it is if I have lost it?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Boot into recovery mode, drop to 'root shell', be sure about your username and give it a new passwd.
## To view boot menu press [Shift] key.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/53998

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#4

Discovering it would be extremely difficult. But resetting it to something else (of your choosing) is reasonably easy:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#5

(Sorry, I didn't see Sam_'s post; the instructions in my post are pretty equivalent to Sam_'s.)

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