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. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
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 -- Timothy J. Bruce Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
