Password question.

[Willy K. Hamra]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>   
>>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On Monday 24 November 2008, Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> When I changed my password this morning, I opened SystemSettings>
>>>>> AboutMe, and changed my password.  I assume that is the root
>>>>> password.
>>>>>         
>>>> NO!!
>>>>       
>>> What do I do now.  Can I get into Adept Package Manager?  Can I get
>>> into my computer if I shut it off?  Can I reverse what happened when I
>>> tried xhost +?  With help can I get back to 'em' as my password?  Or do
>>> I have to format and reinstall?
>>>     
>> Either you have changed your own password or the one for root. If I 
>> understand it right what you wrote, you now have either the 37 character 
>> password or "em" for root and / or yourself.
>>   
> I am feeling pretty hopeless right now, Nils.  I have a 37 password.  It 
> is too difficult for me to re-enter a lot.  I make too many mistakes 
> with my short finger.  I typed in the following command, a suggestion 
> from a friend, in case you know what it does:
> 
> xhost +
> su
> 
> It requested my password.  I typed in 'em'/.  That is what I have always 
> entered in a shell.  It was wrong.  I then tried my 37 password.  I made 
> mistakes because of my short finger.  When I tried again and then to 
> return to xhost + to try again, the computer did not allow the process.  
> I think it locked me out, probably thinking I was an invader.  I am 
> where I was trying to avoid being.  I kept trying to explain myself, 
> over and over, but no one answered the question I needed answered.  I 
> could not make myself understood.  In the end, I decided to try the 
> suggestion and here I am, exactly where I did not want to be.  The 
> stress is enormous right now.  I am building my new computer and it did 
> not fire up properly, so I am in two way conversation trying to resolve 
> that.
>> And just loosing the password is no reason to reinstall. Use the recovery 
>> mode of the grub menu and then you can get a root shell to set a new 
>> password: <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword>
>>   
> Will the recovery mode get me back to my 'em' password?  I would give 
> anything to be back there.  At least until I can make myself understood 
> about what I need.  I can put in my 37, but it takes several tries usually.
> 
> Nills, do you have access to a Hardy KDE3.5.10 OS.  When I reset my 
> password this morning, I clicked on the Kmenu 
> Icon>SystemSettings>AboutMe.  In a box on the lower part of the screen 
> was a button to change passwords.  I clicked on that and put 'em' in and 
> it gave me the opportunity to change the password.  I typed 37 in twice 
> and my password changed.  I believe that changed my login password.  
> That is what I wanted to do, nonetheless, I did not want that as my 
> password to enter a Root Shell or Adept Package Manager or Synaptic 
> Package Manager.  I tried to make that clear in my many emails. Yet that 
> is exactly where I am.
>> Nils, I have an 8 unit password I use for banking, Ebay, Kubuntu forum, etc., that I also have trouble typing error free.  I have them remembered by my computer so I don't have to type them in.
>>   
> 
> When I tried to change my password back to 'em' it said it was too easy 
> and did I really want to do that.  I said I that I wanted to anyway; it 
> gave me that choice.  Then it rejected my request anyway, and said it 
> had to be more secure.  Anything I can type and remember and not have 
> trouble with my short finger is rejected.  Is there a way to force the 
> computer to do what I want.  I would like to change back to 'em'.  What 
> I would really like is to have my 37 my login and a good firewall, and 
> no additional security.  Once in the computer, I would like to enter 
> steven at Studio25:~#, and be able to just type in code with no password.  
> If you remember Feisty.  Like that.
> 
> Cordially, my friend.
> steven
> 
> 

by entering systemsettings and entering a new password there, i'll 
assume you changed your own password, the password you use for login, 
and for suso.
typing su, you will be required to supply the root password, whic his by 
default disabled, as you know, if you have it disabled, no password will 
work for su, if you did enable root, then you can put the root password 
here, and you'll get a root shell.
to test what is your current login password, open a new konsole, type 
"sudo ls" , you will be asked for a password, type the password you 
enetered in systemsettings, and see if it works.

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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