Can't install (lost Admin-password)

[Tom Rausner]

fre, 25 11 2011 kl. 16:59 +0000, skrev 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

OK, I'll just do that. Thanx a lot.
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