<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi pat<br> <br> <br> I would start your system with a Ubuntu CD, once at desktop mount the drive( needs to be read/write) with your installation and check the /etc/passwd file.<br> <br> sudo mount -rw /dev/xxx /media/xxx<br> <br> replace xxx with your drive letters eg hda1 sda1 etc<br> <br> then <br> <br> sudo cat /etc/shadow<br> <br> root:$1dmgiNfdsfdsdsdiS9/9enEtG7tsXKwAp80:13428:0:99999:7:::<br> <br> there will be others in there don't worry about them or adjust them<br> <br> sudo nano /etc/shadow<br> <br> remove all characters in between the first two :<br> <br> my example<br> <br> root::13428:0:99999:7:::<br> <br> now reboot and you should be able to login as root with no password, now set a root passwd and then set a new passwd for your user.  check /home for your user name.<br> <br> hope this helps <br> <br> noiesmo<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p_mccluskey@bigpond.com">p_mccluskey@bigpond.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:560382C71FE04DFF8C14FC824E86F45E@McCluskeyPC" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name="GENERATOR"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi There,</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I installed ubuntu 6.10 on one of my pc's a few months ago.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have no recollection of setting a login and password but now when it boots up it asks for a login and a password?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have tried all my usual combinations with success.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Is there any way around this or do I have to reformat and reinstall?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Pat.</font></div> </blockquote> </body> </html>