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i have no passwords/keyrings : how to reset?

Asked by john milo galbraith

bought computor from a freind have no passwords/keyrings

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#1

1) Ask your friend for the password(s) ; or
2) Reinstall Linux and put in new password(s) yourself; or
3) Look at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword; or
4) Look at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/reset-your-forgotten-ubuntu-password-in-2-minutes-or-less/

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

May be you ask to reset keyring password so please use the seahorse utility to simply delete them...

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse

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