[ubuntu-uk] Locked out of Ubuntu

[Jon Reynolds]

 Hi Folks,

 Funny think happened to me last night. I turned my computer on, as I 
 always do, booted up Ubuntu, got to the log in screen, entered my 
 password and it refused me! Said it failed to authenticate! Tried 
 several times to ensure I was typing correctly, but no. It would not log 
 me (or my wife) in.

 So I booted into recovery, root terminal, and changed my password. 
 Rebooted and it still won't let me log in! What could be going on?

 Its not super important as I was actually right at the point where I 
 was about to back up my data and do a fresh install of 11,10, but that's 
 not the point. I can back up my data using a live USB.

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 Jon Reynolds (j0nr)
 http://www.jcrdevelopments.com