knoppix-std chntpw

[cnaf]

Ok, so I’m a complete nub on Linux (remember that)

Now, my mom is getting old and came down with Parkinson’s disease last year. Day by day she’s loosing her mind and I have to sit back and watch.

About six months ago she lost her password to her computer. Since she never uses it anymore I never thought about trying to recover it. But now she needs some important files and emails regarding her past work.

A friend told me about this program (he too doesn’t know shit), and said i should try my hands at making it work. Well.. Its been 2 weeks now and I cannot do anything.

I can get into the password tools area, and launch the chntpw screen. From there I have no idea what to do. i have tried chntpw -l, or chntpw -u, and it just says some random ish. Im sure im just missing the basic Linux format to be able to run the commands. So, can someone give me a rundown on how to use this? Please be as basic as possible to relieve any confusion that might arise.

THANK YOU!

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Check this out :

http://www.knoppix-std.org/forum/vie...ghlight=chntpw