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Trying to login for the first time on ubuntu 7.10 studio! !!!

Asked by Stephen Rickards

Dear all,
I have just booted Ubuntu on my pc to another new hard drive ide, I have booted ubuntu studio 7.10 from a dvd.all went well i think after finding the right way to boot alongside windows xp. I am trying to log in for the first time but but when i type in my password and the username it will not log me in ? Maybe i am doing something wrong ? When i switch the pc on a box is there to select ubuntu or ubuntu restore mode also windows xp,i click on the ubuntu one it starts well then asks for my username and password.Then i try to login, some of the keys are not working any ideas ? Also the login time is out after 60 secs,;-(
I am trying desperate to login and start recording music,can anybody there help me ?
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL,Take care Steve, England ...;-)

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P. Steven Lorenz (pslorenz) said : 		#1

Stephen,

Sounds like yo might need to reset your password. Try this:
1. Turn your computer on.
2. Press ESC at the grub prompt.
3. Press e for edit.
4. Highlight the line that begins kernel ........., press e
5. Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash
6. press enter, then press b to boot your system.
7. Your system will boot up to a passwordless root shell.
CAUTION: This is a FULL ROOT SHELL! You can damage your system if not careful!
8. Type in passwd <username>. Set your password.
9. Type in reboot.

Steven

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Stephen Rickards (stephen-rickards) said : 		#2

Hello,
Thanks so much for the reply ;-)
I am having trouble at number 8 and 9 at your to do list.
How do you set the password ? i get , bash: password: no such file directory on the screen. then root@(none):/#
Which do you type in first password or usename ?
Does the password and usename have to have < > at the begining and end of the word then you put in what you want for those two things?
I have done that as you have listed typed in reboot then nothing is happening ,do i press anything else ?
Should it then start up?
many thanks for your help it is helping me a great deal to understand how everything is booted up and a great learning curve for all other users too !!!
Take care Steve ...

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Stephen Rickards (stephen-rickards) said : 		#3

I am having trouble at number 8 and 9 of your to do list ;-)
Type in username and password with < > ?
How do you set the password ?
Type in reboot,i have done that,nothing happens after that is there anything else to do ,like press enter or something else?
Many thanks for the repply,a great learning curve for me and others too.
take care Steve...;-)

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P. Steven Lorenz (pslorenz) said : 		#4

Stephen-

for step 8, in terminal type passwd username
i.e. passwd pstevenlorenz
you are then asked to enter the

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P. Steven Lorenz (pslorenz) said : 		#5

Stephen-

for step 8, in terminal type passwd username
i.e. passwd pstevenlorenz
you are then asked to enter the new UNIX password

reboot shold restart your compute, but you can always also use
shutdown -r now

Hpe that helps,

Steven

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