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echo: rberrypi
to: 2364761808@F317.N249.Z1.B
from: I R A DARTH AGGIE
date: 2019-02-12 20:43:00
subject: Re: Recover password

On Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:33:32 +1300,
Richard Lewis , in
 wrote:
>  I have a RaspberryPI with Raspbian I can ssh to it as I previously swapped
>  keys, I can even run sudo without having to enter a password.
>
>  But I have forgotten what the password is, given my current level of
>  privileges is it possible to somehow recover the pw?

No, unless your password is weak and can be brute forced by a tool
like John the Ripper. But since you can sudo, you can always

sudo passwd pi

and not have to provide the current password.

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