The "missing" password!

[Mischa Falkenburg]

On 03/30/2014 08:23 PM, Niles Rogoff wrote:
> I do not know what could be causing this issue
> Passwords are stored in /etc/shadow. Make sure this file matches up 
> with /etc/passwd
> To attempt to recover, you might try booting from your Ubuntu live CD, 
> mounting your partition, chrooting to it's mount point and changing 
> the password with the `passwd' command.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Mischa Falkenburg 
> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net 
> <mailto:because_productions at myfairpoint.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hello All,
>
>     Did the 12.4.3 upgrade, AFAIK w/out a hitch, BUT, after reboot and
>     login page loads, it doesn't accept my password.
>     What folder can I check to find what this blankety-blank-blank
>     system thinks my password NOW is?
>
>     Thnx, Mischa
>
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Thanks Niles, I'll give it a go...
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