Can't install (lost Admin-password)

[Colin Law]

On 25 November 2011 16:38, Tom Rausner <tom at rausner.dk> wrote:
> Hi, out there.
>
>> > > "The standard way" gives me an error when I type in a new password;
>> > >
>> > > error manipulating the authentificationtoken
>> > > (my translation from danish).
>> >
>
> I stil get this when I try to get in  from rescue mode, so I went back
> to "The Standard Way", rearranged the lines of the kernel a little
> and tried again ->SUCCES(almost) I've got the root password changed BUT
> it only works in CLI. It's still impossible to install anything using
> the GUI. Actually I can live with that (I usually prefer working in CLI)
> but I would like to know exactly what went wrong between GUI and CLI ?
> Any wisdom to share, anybody ?

The password you have to enter when installing s/w is the password of
the current user.  Having managed to set up a root password then you
need to set the password of the actual user using the passwd command.

Colin