Password Denied/Email Address Not Recognized???

[Karl F. Larsen]

Jim Kvarnberg wrote:
> 2009/10/5 Jim Kvarnberg <jimkvg at 3web.com>:
> 
>>> ? I pushed power button to turn PC on. ?Then it booted up to GRUB
>>> list. ?I clicked on Ubuntu 9.10 line and hit ENTER key. ?It booted up to
>>> "welcome to ubuntu screen. ?When "Log In List" box popped up on the
>>> screen, I clicked on my username and typed in password abcde123 and hit
>>> ENTER. ?"Authenication failure" popped up and nothing I could go
>>> further. ? I repeated this several times, but nothing happened.
>>> ?Then I restarted my PC and when it came to GRUB list, I clicked on
>>> Ubuntu 9.04 line and hit ENTER. ?Ubuntu 9.04 opened up ok. ?It doesn't
>>> have a Log In List. ?When I clicked Adminstation under System and I
>>> clicked Update Manager. It opened and I typed in password abcde321 (note
>>> that password is different ?from the above). I hit ENTER and then the
>>> box greyed out - wrong password. ?I then typed in the Ubuntu 9.10
>>> password - abcde123 and hit ENTER. ?It opened!
>>> ?Password abcde123 was made for Ubuntu 9.10 and password abcde321 was
>>> made for Ubuntu 9.04 when they were installed.
>>> ?Isn't it weird? ?I can't open Ubuntu 9.10 at all because of
>>> authenication failure. ?I use only Ubuntu 9.04 to go into the system
>>> without problem.
>>> ?Colin, am I clear now? ?Jim
>>   
> 
> Right, got it.
> 
> Firstly on 9.04 the fact that it does not ask for a user and password
> implies that you have set it up for autologin.  I cannot explain how
> the password has apparently changed for that boot.  If you have
> multiple users setup are you automatically logged in as the user that
> you expect?  Are you sure you did not get confused about which boot
> you were using at some point and change the passwords yourself?  You
> can, of course, change it back to the original if you wish.
> 
> On 9.10 again I do not know why your previous password no longer
> works.  To reset the password so you can use 9.10 again see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword.  9.10 is of course
> still at a Beta release and cannot be relied on to be a stable
> platform.
> 
> Colin
> 
> 
> Thank you Colin!  Thank you for the website.  Anyway, I am still frustrated with my password problem.  I followed The Standard Way:
> When I came to the line, "root@<username>:~# passwd<username>" and hit ENTER.
> "passwd<username>: command not found.  Ouch!  
> Then I tried The Other Way and followed steps.  When I reached the line:  ro  quiet splash
> 							initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic.  
> I changed ro to rw and add init=/bin/bash according to the instruction.  When I pressed ENTER, then press b to boot my system.  My system was supposed to boot up to a passwordless root shell, but "Booting a command list:  error: unknown 'b'".  Ouch again!
> 
> Guess Ubuntu 9.10 is beta and maybe it needs more fixings or repairs. I still could not log in into it.  However, I am sticking to Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 that I am enjoying very much.  Anyway, I need to install Windows XP Pro 64 in place of Ubuntu 9.10 as to work some softwares that won't be installed in a Linux based OS.  Is replacing Ubuntu 9.10 with Windows XP Pro 64 possible?  
>

	If your 9.10 is in the first partition on your hard drive you 
will have no trouble loading windowsXP. Of course you will 
loose Grub and all your other Ubuntu systems.


73 Karl




> Thank you.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 


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