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username and password - lost!!
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:54 pm
by montyman
hey all
moved house, been about 2 months since had network - have completely forgotten my username and password to log into the server!! anyway to retrieve these? managed to get my login for this website but must have set the server up different.
or....do i have to reinstall the system?
cheers
Re: username and password - lost!!
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:43 am
by bigfoot65
Hello,
If you can SSH into your server, you could see what users exist. Look at the /home area and each user has a directory there. Then, you can run the reset password script for Amahi for the first admin user.
It is in the /var/hda/platform/html/script directory and called reset-user-password. Other than that, there are no other options that I know to gain access.
If you do not know any users/passwords, then you will have to reinstall.
Re: username and password - lost!!
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:18 am
by moredruid
if you don't know the root password anymore:
boot system, as soon as you see the choose screen type "e" to edit the lines.
find the longest line: add "single" (without the quotes).
and follow the instructions on screen (off the top of my head: <enter> <b>)
you should get a prompt. type "passwd" to change your password
Re: username and password - lost!!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:21 pm
by rangus
I just installed Amahi, also, but have never been able to log in to the dashboard. I tried my Fedora 14 user and password and my Amahi control panel password to no avail. I am confused how to run the script talked about in this post. I can find the script in fedora but do not know how to reset my password. Any clarification would be appreciated. Rob
Re: username and password - lost!!
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:44 am
by hec1152
Ditto above posts. I should point out that mine is VirtualBox installation in which I installed Guest Additions after building system with Fedora per instructions, etc. Then I installed Guest Additions. Noted that on last reboot had message about dhcp- failing to start. I assume my userid is the one I used to create/setup amahi to begin wtih but it''s not recognized in reset password script.