Can't install (lost Admin-password)

Tom Rausner tom at rausner.dk
Fri Nov 25 19:41:51 UTC 2011


Hi again, again...

> fre, 25 11 2011 kl. 16:59 +0000, skrev Colin Law:
 
> > The password you have to enter when installing s/w is the password of
> > the current user.  Having managed to set up a root password then you
> > need to set the password of the actual user using the passwd command.
> > 
> > Colin

Well, it seems I can't use the GUI for installing anything, no matter
what I do. I've changed the password for my wifes account several times
(with succes) but neither that nor the root password works in GUI...
But as I wrote earlier everything works in CLI. Something MUST be broken
between the two of them.

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