You seem to confuse username and hostname. Snippet from another bug report:
... david-oxland@david-oxland-EQ ... You username is david-oxland The hostname of your system is david-oxland-EQ For setting a new password with the procedure above you have to use the command passwd david-oxland -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2116994 Title: Root says; "user does not exist" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2116994/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
