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#1 2012-06-14 09:02:29
- Moofy
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Can't acces my user that I created from install.
So I created a user with my password from the install process, for some reason when I type my username and password it sends me back to the part where I enter username and password again, and again.
I have not been prompted any errors during the install or anything.
Can I acces my user behind the login if I still have my root code? So I can reset it, don't want to do a re-install.
And I am pretty sure my username and password I correct, it doesn't even say I entered anything incorrectly.
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#2 2012-06-14 09:57:44
- oliver
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Re: Can't acces my user that I created from install.
does logging in as root work?
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#3 2012-06-14 10:32:09
- Moofy
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Re: Can't acces my user that I created from install.
Do I type my username and then root pass.
Or is it:
User: root
Pass: *root pass*?
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#4 2012-06-14 10:37:32
- oliver
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Re: Can't acces my user that I created from install.
User: root
Pass: *root pass*?
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#5 2012-07-31 05:16:37
- igge
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Re: Can't acces my user that I created from install.
I have this exact problem.
Login with as root with the root password works.
Any solution to this?
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#6 2012-07-31 12:53:01
- SpawnHappyJake
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Re: Can't acces my user that I created from install.
Once logged in as root (the cardinal sin of Linux users), you can open a terminal and do the following to reset the user's password:
# passwd [insert user name here]
[enter password]
[enter password]Though it would be better to hit Ctrl+Alt+F2 at the login screen (or some F button other than the one used for Xorg) and login as root in command line. Then that'd be just like dropping to a root shell, rather than logging in as root (with Xorg), which is bad.
In the root shell, after resetting the password, try this:
# su [insert user name here]
[enter password if prompted]And that should drop you in a shell logged in as your user. If you get there, you've proven that it's possible to log in as your user.
Jake
WARNING/DISCLAIMER: My posted solutions (or attempts thereof) are usually my attempt at (re)iterating something that worked for _me_. I do not guarantee they will work for you. Use at your own risk.
My solutions may not be the simplest solutions, either. However, I do not intentionally add pointless complications.
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