On Sun, November 1, 2009 22:21, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:07:17 -0800
> John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo:
>
>> So0mething has gone wrong. During the installation I set myself up as
>> jjj (lowercase), and it took my password and the confirmation of the
>> password. But I can't log in as jjj at the login screen. All I get is
>> is "incorrect username or password."  However, I can log in as root;
>> that is, from the login screen I can select Actions > Configure the
>> Login Manager, and it takes the root password.
>>
>> I could start all over again, but there must be some way for root to
>> reset jjj's password and/or username.
>
> OK, I rebooted to recovery mode and am now sitting at a command
> line, logged in as root. I'm googling on how to set up/fix users from
> the command line.
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John,

Use the passwd command:

#passwd jjj

It should prompt you for a new password for that user.

Verify the user account exists in /etc/passwd as well.

Tim
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Timothy J. Bruce

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