login issue

Hi

boot the system in recovery mode

to find your user name, type the following command

grep :100[0-9]: /etc/passwd

This will output all users with user ids from 1000-1009 inclusive. Typically, the first user id on an Ubuntu system is 1000. Your user name will be the character string before the first colon (not including the colon) on probably the only line that is output. If multiple lines are output, you should recognize one of them :)

To change the password, enter the following command

passwd username

Then reboot the system with the following command

shutdown -r now

good luck!

Robert, I appreciate your help, when it boots in recovery mode, it boots, it
asks me for a maintenence password, then i enter my password it goes to
Root@curts-laptop, i type in what you told me to and it says no such file
or directory. Should maybe not be in root@curts-laptop

Again, appreciate your patience, been a few years since playing with this
kinda stuff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Di Gioia" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Question #21786]: login issue

> Your question #21786 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21786
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Robert Di Gioia proposed the following answer:
> Hi
>
> boot the system in recovery mode
>
> to find your user name, type the following command
>
> grep :100[0-9]: /etc/passwd
>
> This will output all users with user ids from 1000-1009 inclusive.
> Typically, the first user id on an Ubuntu system is 1000. Your user name
> will be the character string before the first colon (not including the
> colon) on probably the only line that is output. If multiple lines are
> output, you should recognize one of them :)
>
> To change the password, enter the following command
>
> passwd username
>
> Then reboot the system with the following command
>
> shutdown -r now
>
> good luck!
>
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Hmm...

I just booted into recovery mode to ensure that this should work, and it did on my system, so I'm not sure why it didn't on yours.

Is it possible that there was a typo? There should be a space between the final : and the first / and there should be no spaces after the first slash. passwd is also spelled without the o and r...

Hope this helps

Rob, Sorry to be a pain, Finally got in to the password and login prompt

This is what i get curt::x:1000:1000:Curt
Miller,,,:/home/curt:/bin/bash

I would assume my Login would Curt Miller,,, not sure where the ,,, came
from but i typed it anyways and tryed it with out it
                              Password would be curt

I have typed it in a 1000 different ways, it will not let me log in

Whats next
Sure am glad guys like you are here to help

Thanks again

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Di Gioia" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Question #21786]: login issue

> Your question #21786 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21786
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Robert Di Gioia proposed the following answer:
> Hmm...
>
> I just booted into recovery mode to ensure that this should work, and it
> did on my system, so I'm not sure why it didn't on yours.
>
> Is it possible that there was a typo? There should be a space between
> the final : and the first / and there should be no spaces after the
> first slash. passwd is also spelled without the o and r...
>
> Hope this helps
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21786/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
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> 1:32 PM
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>

i suggest u create a new usr account by typing 'useradd whatevername'
it will ask u for a passwd for this account
do not forget the root password
after loging through the new usr u can modify the ur system.

Thanks Robert Di Gioia, that solved my question.