Hello there, On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, SUBHASH UDIAVAR <[email protected]>wrote:
> On opening the Linux OS I found after booting which must be taking less than > a minute or slightly more faced with a login page. I appreciate my friend > that he has mentioned both my login ID and password within the Linux symbol > for ease of use and on punching these details the 'login failed' pops up. > As > I am new I was wondering if you could help in solvingin starting my Linux > OS. Something like disabling the login itself or in the least to reprogram > the login dialogue. Please remember- *I am a novice as far as PCs go *and > use it mostly to surf,mail and IM etc. > Please bear with me while we figure out the exact problem. Are you saying that you are unable to log into your machine that is running a Linux distribution? You can reset your password by booting into single-user mode (which is something like the "Safe Mode" on Windows but not quite). But before we do that I need to know which distribution of Linux you are using (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, etc.) and whether you see this word "grub" when you start your computer. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-reset-forgotten-root-password/ You will find those links useful. Of course, we will be able to guide you better through resetting your password after you've given us a few more details. Trust I have contacted the correct persons for the advice. Grateful if one > of you could help me out. > Thanks and regards > SBUdiavar > > Sure thing. -- Cheers, Yesudeep Mangalapilly | येसुदीप मंगलािपल्ली GnuPG: 0x79E237CB | IRC: jburd -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
