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Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 does not allow me to log in!

Asked by Bahram Saghari

Hello,
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS twice on a Virtual PC - in both cases it took for ever but it successfully installed.
In the process, it asked to add a user, which I did "bahram", and completed.
At the end of the installation, again, in both cases, it asked if I wanted to continue testing!, or to restart and use the system.
I restarted but now I cannot login!

It gives me the login screen, I enter my login name, bahram, and the password and it does not let me in with "Authentication Failure"!

What am I doing wrong ...?!
I installed SuSe and it runs just fine - I installed a bunch of other Windows variations, and they all work.
This thing completed the installation and I can see the pinkish reddish purplish background, but cannot login :(
p.s. It never asked me for a root password - in both cases, it asked me to add a new user, during the installation, and that was it. Help!

Cheers,
Bahram

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Jim Bauwens (jimbauwens) said : 		#1

Try this:
Startup in recovery mode (select it in grub)
When you get to a menu, select something like "go to shell" or "go to terminal"
In the shell type:

passwd bahram

and press enter.
It will ask you for a new password.
Note that you will not be able to see you type the password.
When you are done press ctrl-d and select resume.

Hope this helps
Jim

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Bahram Saghari (bahram-saghari) said : 		#2

Jim - thanks.
You are not going to believe, the most basic, the most obvious that just happened!
Following your advice, I rebooted the system for the second time to find out what you meant by "GRUB" , watching every step. it did its basic boot up stuff, and voila, asked if I wanted to login as Bahram or ...
In other words, I am now logged in successfully - One question remains that I never entered a root password, and how do I become root?!

1. In the old days, we did SU to be root, and we had a password. This system seems to understand SU but I never gave it a root password. Is the notion of the ROOT still alive ...?!

2. it offered sudo, and asked for my password, and I am now, root! Is this how it is these days?
(I promise not to ask any more questions from this forum ... only password and login !)

Cheers,
Bahram

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Please mark as solved if it is so, otherwise please detail the situation and we can advise further.

Thanks.

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Bahram Saghari (bahram-saghari) said : 		#4

The reboot did solve the problem. Done. Thanks.