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gnome-desktop package

set password to none and cannot unlock anything now

Asked by Anna Couutsomitelli on 2012-11-06

I changed my password and decided I needed no password as an administrator and user so I selected the option - none- that is no password.Now I am asked for my password for every change I want to make but the system does not accept neither no password nor the old ones.What should I do?

Anna Coutsomitelli

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Last query:: 2012-11-06

Last reply:: 2012-11-06

Link existing bug

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2012-11-06:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

Don't set blank passwords.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said on 2012-11-06:

To change anything you need an account with administrator privileges and a password. Other accounts can have a blank password but I wouldn't recommend it

To set a password there are a few methods (mostly similar) take a look at these

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-help/user-forgottenpassword.html

http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password

http://naveenubuntu.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/recover-login-password-of-ubuntu-1204.html