How do you log-in on a "user" only log-in with a wrong or bad password?
How do you log-in on a "user" only log-in with a wrong or bad password?
I re-installed already but just encase it happens to me again and to anyone else for that matter, please tell me how to go in and change the password for a "user only log-in"? For I am a noobe and will learn everything I can to keep from having to go back to the blue screen of death! This has happen to me two times now, once in Mepis I configured the log-in for the user only and no "root" log-in. Next boot I find out that the new password I setup didn't work. and I could not figure out or find anything goggled or other wise how to go in and change the password for the user only. Second time was just the other day installing PCLinuxos. After setting up the password and rebooting I could not get in. I searched for hours and posted some post but could not find any results. I did find about six diff ways to get in and change for root but nothing for changing for a single user. So, tell me where you found out so I can go read for myself. I learned how to remove the root password in shadow but, from the prompt I could not boot the system. I was trying to start KDE from what I had goggled but found out later that that PCLinuxos did not have KDE! yea, noobe stuff I know and real dumb!LOL But, it's a small price to have to pay to stay away from the "blue death screen", right? Thanks in advance for your time and input. |
If you can login as root, in a terminal window run this command: passwd <username> , where <username> is the name of the user who's password you want to change.
Remember that Linux is case-sensitive. If you enter the password in uppercase, it won't work when entered in lower-case, and vice-versa. |
Thank you bigrigdriver
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I've copied and printed your instructions. I will be installing the latest Mepis8 and I will try it out so I can learn how to do it. Thanks again steelheat |
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