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Old 11-18-2012, 12:14 AM   #1
jamesagil
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Problem with change from "su" to "user" in Slack 14.0


Installing Slack 14.0 over 13.37,got confused during process by new choice to download user/suser during installation setup.I ended up with bootup as su. I want to be able to bootup with my old username as before
'adduser' won't work as the name is already in the system. I want to start Slack 14.0 as 'user' as with 13.37 and retain my old username. what buttons must I push?
 
Old 11-18-2012, 12:58 AM   #2
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If I'm understanding what you did properly, it seems you removed your user from /etc/passwd, so you will have to re-add the user. I don't see how "adduser" wouldn't work.
 
Old 11-18-2012, 01:39 AM   #3
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If you're prepared to do open-heart surgery, you can, as 'root', simply edit /etc/passwd and change the user name directly. Don't do this unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing. And use a proper text file editor like 'vi', 'emacs' or 'nano'. You'll probably muck up the file format if you use a word processor (libreoffice, koffice etc).
 
Old 11-18-2012, 07:35 AM   #4
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I may be missing something here, but if the name is already in the system, that suggests a couple of possibilities:
1. the UID associated with the name is not the same in 14.0 and 13.37, requiring an edit of /etc/passwd
2. the UID is ok but password is messed up, requiring a resetting of the password
 
Old 11-18-2012, 09:29 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Mark Pettit View Post
use a proper text file editor like 'vi', 'emacs' or 'nano'.
Using 'vipw' will take some of the risk out of the open heart surgery.

Lyle.
 
Old 11-18-2012, 04:04 PM   #6
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If I'm understanding what you did properly, it seems you removed your user from /etc/passwd, so you will have to re-add the user. I don't see how "adduser" wouldn't work.
Hi Tommy, the system won't allow me to use "adduser" because that implies that I want to "add" an existing username. It seems that I have to drag it in some other way OR just modify the boot/start sequence to boot as "user"; either way would do.
 
Old 11-18-2012, 04:31 PM   #7
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So if your username still exists, why can't you log in then?
Can you log in as root ?
terminal or XDM/KDM ?

If you need to change a password or UID, GID or the homedir for an existing user , try


Code:
usermod (-d -s -p -m -l ) username
see man usermod

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