Hello.

Tell me, please, who knows in which directory the passwords for root and user are located. We can not change the password in any way to update the browser and flash player in the netbook. By default, a user password is in the beech, and there is no root password in the primer on the netbook. Operating system in the netbook Debian GNU/Linux 4.0\n\l .

Tried to install Linux-Slax with a flash drive. It was loaded as an additional system, but could not configure the Internet, namely, the connection of the netbook with the modem.

Thank you in advance.

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    You have been answered in your first question. See the link and follow the 4 points that follow Password recovery in Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu:

    ends by typing passwd. After that, enter and confirm a new password for rootAll! Reboot Start the terminal - su - enter the root password and work with its rights!

    PS and successfully finish the system !!! :) as I understand it, she is still alive with you only because you didn’t know how to log in under these two years

      Passwords are saved as a hash, this time. Secondly, it may not be possible to edit the file as a regular user. The default file itself is stored in / etc / passwd. Alternatively, you can try to boot from the LiveCD, mount the disk and try to edit the specified file, replacing the hash root user hash. In the specified root password file, it may not be, then it is stored in / etc / shadow, but there seems to be additional difficulties.

        Usually on a live CD (like even on a slack) you can make the sudo su command either not require a password or like a user. In the extreme case, boot into single mode (in the Venda analog mode - safe mode) and change the password passwd root / http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/