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can't enter ubuntu

Asked by Hal Gibson

I just installed ubuntu, never used it before, know nothing yet about it. First off, it asks me for username and password. When I enter these, it doesn't like them. How could it decide they are wrong when I've never been there before?

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Escuro Anjo (escuro-anjo) said : 		#1

while installing it was ask you about you name and password .. what did you entered there ?

it's the same ..

you must said something because you have to enter somethig so you have a user and pass ..

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Hal Gibson (hsgibson1) said : 		#2

I didn't take notes, but I don't recall entering anything. I have tried all the combinations I ever use, and no go...

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blazeu (shaneillsley) said : 		#3

you need to reinstall and remember what username and password you used

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said : 		#4

... and remember that all user names and passwords are case sensitive (e.g 'tony' and 'Tony' are not the same).

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

You can set a new password.

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC and choose the recovery mode

You will get to a prompt. You are root the superuser and can do anything you want
So enter the following command:

passwd your_user_login_name

or

passwd -d your_user_login_name

where, your your_user_login_name is your login.

Please enter your new password

Once finished, enter

reboot

or

reboot -f

The pc restart, then select the normal boot mode.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Then if you don't remember or you are unsure of your user name, type in:

grep -i 1000 /etc/passwd

The system must show a row with your user name at the start of the row
for example:
danilo:x:1000:1000:ubuntu,,,:/home/danilo:/bin/bash

Here my user is danilo

Then to change your user password type in:

passwd danilo

or

passwd -d danilo

change username with your real user

Set your password.

Type in:

reboot

or

reboot -f

Hope this helps

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Hal Gibson (hsgibson1) said : 		#7

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.