The "missing" password!

[Mischa Falkenburg]

On 03/30/2014 08:59 PM, Mischa Falkenburg wrote:
> On 03/30/2014 08:23 PM, Niles Rogoff wrote:
>> I do not know what could be causing this issue
>> Passwords are stored in /etc/shadow. Make sure this file matches up 
>> with /etc/passwd
>> To attempt to recover, you might try booting from your Ubuntu live 
>> CD, mounting your partition, chrooting to it's mount point and 
>> changing the password with the `passwd' command.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Mischa Falkenburg 
>> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net 
>> <mailto:because_productions at myfairpoint.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello All,
>>
>>     Did the 12.4.3 upgrade, AFAIK w/out a hitch, BUT, after reboot
>>     and login page loads, it doesn't accept my password.
>>     What folder can I check to find what this blankety-blank-blank
>>     system thinks my password NOW is?
>>
>>     Thnx, Mischa
>>
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> Thanks Niles, I'll give it a go...
>
>
Whew! It's the next morning and I'm off to work...sort through all the 
replies when I get home.
Quick response to Niles...there are no /etc/shadow, or etc/passwd 
folders on this system.

Mischa
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