On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Dan and Wendy wrote: > Hi there, > I have been searching in hopes of finding an individual or company > that could possibly help us. The situation is that my brother in > law passed away suddenly on Monday morning. He is a web developer > with Pensivo and used only the Linux system at home. His laptop is > password protected which we can't access, and it contains all of his > contacts as well as other vital information that my sister needs to > obtain. Do you know of a way we can access this information? Thank > you so much in advance for any assistance or suggestions that you > could possibly offer. > Sincerely, > Wendy Patton > dwpatton [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com > 613-271-9049 i'm guessing i'm not the only person who's quietly offered to lend a hand here, but let me be just slightly legalistic for a second. before anyone actually helps out here, they should first require legal documentation that shows that the person/people above have the legal right to access that information -- salient excerpt of the will identifying the executor, or something similar. i realize pointing that out might sound somewhat heartless at the moment, but it's really important to protect the legal rights of everyone involved. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================