administrative password for installation of adobe flash player

Asked by Rey Terrobias

Every time I try to install adobe flash player I am ask administrative password. Where could I find that administrative password?

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Best mycae (mycae) said :
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It should be the same as your user password you use to log in. If you have set the log in to not use a password, then if you cannot remember it, you will have to reset the root password, then reset your user password.

The password is "hashed", so there is no getting it back once you have forgotten it.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#2

I don't remember user and password what i can do

You can try this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

or

To discover your user and restore (change) the password you can:

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC.

Press "e" for edit.

Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, and press "e"

Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash

press enter, then press "b" to boot your system.

Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.

Type in grep -i 1000 /etc/passwd

The system must show a row with your user name at the start of the row
for example:
danilo:x:1000:1000:ubuntu,,,:/home/danilo:/bin/bash

Here my user is danilo

Then to change your user password type in:

passwd username

or

passwd -d username

change username with your real user

Set your password.

Type in:

reboot

or

reboot -f

Hope this helps

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#3

Hello,
 Thank you very much. Happy new year. Will try that this afternoon.
Rey

--- On Tue, 12/28/10, marcobra (Marco Braida) <email address hidden> wrote:

From: marcobra (Marco Braida) <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #139433]: administrative password for installation of adobe flash player
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 6:37 PM

Your question #139433 on sudo in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/139433

marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
I don't remember user and password what i can do

You can try this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

or

To discover your user and restore (change) the password you can:

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC.

Press "e" for edit.

Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, and press "e"

Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash

press enter, then press "b" to boot your system.

Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.

Type in grep -i 1000 /etc/passwd

The system must show a row with your user name at the start of the row
for example:
danilo:x:1000:1000:ubuntu,,,:/home/danilo:/bin/bash

Here my user is danilo

Then to change your user password type in:

passwd username

or

passwd -d username

change username with your real user

Set your password.

Type in:

reboot

or

reboot -f

Hope this helps

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#4

Hello,

We did it right and I have it now with the help of my daughter. HAPPY NEW YEAR/S TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES.

Thank you,
Rey

--- On Tue, 12/28/10, marcobra (Marco Braida) <email address hidden> wrote:

From: marcobra (Marco Braida) <email address hidden>
Subject: [Question #139433]: administrative password for installation of adobe flash player
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Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 6:33 PM

Your question #139433 on sudo in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/139433

    Project: Ubuntu => sudo in ubuntu

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#5

Hello,

Thank you very much and happy new year.

Rey

--- On Tue, 12/28/10, mycae <email address hidden> wrote:

From: mycae <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #139433]: administrative password for installation of adobe flash player
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 4:34 PM

Your question #139433 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/139433

    Status: Open => Answered

mycae proposed the following answer:
It should be the same as your user password you use to log in. If you
have set the log in to not use a password, then if you cannot remember
it, you will have to reset the root password, then reset your user
password.

The password is "hashed", so there is no getting it back once you have
forgotten it.

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#6

Hello Mycae

Thank you very much for your help.

Rey

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#7

Hello Marco, Mycae and other who help me,

Thank you very much. I got it done with the help of my daughter following you suggestions or what to do.

Happy New Year to all of you,
Rey

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#8

Thanks mycae, that solved my question.

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#9

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Rey Terrobias (terrobias) said :
#10

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