Password Reset
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==Windows== | ==Windows== | ||
| − | Use windows password reset disk: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-password-reset-disk | + | *Use windows password reset disk: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-password-reset-disk |
| − | Use NTPasswd Offline: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ | + | *Use NTPasswd Offline: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ |
==Linux== | ==Linux== | ||
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#*On a windows keyboard, hold Windows-R | #*On a windows keyboard, hold Windows-R | ||
#Menu Bar -> Utilities -> Terminal | #Menu Bar -> Utilities -> Terminal | ||
| − | #type the following | + | #type the following and use the wizard to reset the user's password |
resetpassword | resetpassword | ||
| − | + | * This may cause issues with your OS X keychain, and you could lose all saved password. Here is an article on [http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544 reseting your keychain] | |
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===Single User Mode=== | ===Single User Mode=== | ||
#Shut down your Mac if it is on. | #Shut down your Mac if it is on. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:43, 24 September 2014
Catch all page for various forms of password reset.
Contents |
[edit] VT Passwords
Official VT passwords article: Change VT Passwords
[edit] Windows
- Use windows password reset disk: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-password-reset-disk
- Use NTPasswd Offline: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
[edit] Linux
Boot into single user mode and type passwd <user>
[edit] Mac OS
[edit] Mavericks
- Restart Mac
- Hold Command-R after the chime
- On a windows keyboard, hold Windows-R
- Menu Bar -> Utilities -> Terminal
- type the following and use the wizard to reset the user's password
resetpassword
- This may cause issues with your OS X keychain, and you could lose all saved password. Here is an article on reseting your keychain
[edit] Single User Mode
- Shut down your Mac if it is on.
- Press the power button to start the computer.
- Immediately press and hold the Command key and one of the following:
- the "s" key for single-user mode. (Command-S)
- the "v" key for verbose mode. (Command-V)
