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Questions tagged [password-recovery]

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Is it possible to reset the password on a SuperMicro IPMI interface?

Is it possible to reset the password on a SuperMicro IPMI interface? My motherboard is model X8STI-F.
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EC2 Windows password recover

I can't get the password from the AWS console tools. I can reach the box via rdesktop.Can I reset the password remotely? If so, how to go about doing this? the machine is Windows server 2008 R2 Datacenter.
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How secure are password-protected WinRAR archives?

The web seems to be flooded by password removers. I'm however on the other side. I'm interested in security of my files. If I have a WinRAR archive (> 1 Mbyte) and use a password (> 6 characters length with non-alphanumeric characters), how secure…
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Resetting an ESXi root password

I've just inherited a very simple VM setup with a pair of ESXi servers clustered and everything is pretty much hooked up. Problem is I do not have the root passwords for the servers and no one has any idea what they are (password guessing has been…
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Changing non-root user passwords from root (if you don't know the old password?)

Hey, so I created a user, and he has been sshing in and doing a lot of stuff, but he forgot his password - is there any way for me to change his password without knowing it?
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Open Source MS Word Password Recovery?

Does anyone know of a free open source recovery tool? Should include recovery of document protection password ideally. EDIT: I'll settle for just Free instead of free and open source :) I'm looking for something that will handle not only passwords…
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Resetting administrator password on Windows server 2008 R2 over Raid

I have locked both my administrator accounts out on my Windows Server 2008 R2 that has Raid. I tried the following- Insert the original Windows Server 2008 installation DVD Reset the computer, boot from DVD Choose option “Repair your computer”…
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Unlock screen for ec2-user

I accidently locked screen under ec2-user (pressed C-a C-x). As far as I know ec2-user has no password. Now I'm prompted for password to unlock. I do not want to terminate the process running under that screen. Is there any way to unlock the…
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How to enable password challenge in Active Directory?

As IT Support, my team is taking so much time reseting passwords. So, we thought it would be interesting to enable some sort of Password Challenge in Active Directory so users could reset their own passwords, after correctly answering some…
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Can't Reset Password - Ubuntu 10.04 on Hyper-V

I have a virtual Ubuntu 10.04 machine running under Hyper-V which I have lost the password to. With a physical Ubuntu box it's rather easy to press ESC at the grub prompt and proceed to reset your password. Unfortunately I can't see a grub menu and…
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Lost Root and other user passwords

This isn't a huge deal, because there's very little on the server (literally a file or two) that we actually need off of it. But we disabled root logins as a security measure and can't remember any of our other user passwords. I'm assuming that…
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How does the Task Scheduler save passwords on Windows 7?

If I save a password for a scheduled task, or in a service's logon credentials, is it safe? It seems to me that Windows saves this password encrypted somehow, but since Windows has to decipher it, so can anyone with offline access to the…
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Any way to see an Active Directory password?

Before you jump to conclusions, let me explain. We have a password reset tool that is not working. For some reason when you use it, it resets your password to some unknown value (Not what you changed it to, or what it was before). I have setup a…
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I forgot W2K3 admin password. Is it possible to reset it

I forgot W2K3 admin password. Is it possible to reset it
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Can I get all active directory passwords in clear text using reversible encryption?

EDIT: Can anybody actually answer the question? Thanks, I don't need no audit trail, I WILL know all the passwords and users can't change them and I will continue to do so. This is not for hacking! We recently migrated away from a old and rusty…
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