Password Help

[steve]

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Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
| I have just installed Ubuntu to drive E in my PC.  I wrote down my user
| name and password.  I tried my user namd and password when the system
| came up.  I tried for a long time but the system would not let me in.
| What are my alternatives.  When I intalled Ubuntu in E drive it left the
| root directory of my Windows XP.  Where did it go?  I am not a techie,
| old man 65 YO.
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| Jeffrey Tooker
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| Paynes Creek Ca.
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well for starters lets get ubuntu back first...  when you boot you
should see a list of kernels you can boot, choose the "recovery" mode on
one of them.  if you dont immediately see the kernel list watch closely
after post, it will flash at the bottom of the screen "press some key
for blah blah blah"  press the key for the list.  after recovery boots,
it will give you 3 options.  choose drop to root shell.  then give the
command

useradd

followed by the username you want to add.  it will then ask you for a
password.  write it down if you cant easily remember it.  then isuue the
command

reboot

and login with your new name and password.




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Steve Reilly

http://reillyblog.com


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