On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:23:30 -0800 (PST) "Tim Bruce - PLUG" <[email protected]> dijo:
> 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. > 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. Thanks! Your answer arrived before google found the solution for me. I did get as far as using su to change to jjj, which worked. So I knew that the problem was with the password, not the username. The passwd command is what I was missing. I fixed my password and am now successfully logged in as jjj. Now off to play with Debian. :) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
