[Tfug] HELP!!! Username/password issue in Ubuntu...time critical...

[Matt Jacob]

I don't suppose you set a root password, did you?

On 7/29/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm helping a friend convert.  Everything is going great, I'm showing
> her the finished system (Feisty) all tuned up, and it turns out I've
> mis-spelled her name (ann) in creating her username.
>
> It has to be "anne".
>
> Her password was "[something]ann".
>
> So I go into user and groups, change "ann" to "anne" and add an "e" to
> the end of her password.  Close out, shutdown, bring it up...and it is
> NOT letting me log in.  As anything.
>
> Fuuuuck.
>
> The good news: with the liveboot CD I've got access to her hard disk.
> At the command line I guess, how do I fix this, stat?
>
> :(
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim
>
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