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yooeinstein
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Mon May 12, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: Ubuntu 7.10 password problem |
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Well got Ubuntu 7.1 to work Acer 5520 laptop there was a way to trick the install bye doing update through Live CD after install this would cause guess necessary drivers to upgrade to the install.... that is my guess.....
Everyone on the Ubuntu Forum said they could not get Ubuntu 7.10 to load to this laptop.....
NOW my problem is the Administrator account will not run the account I set up chris with password 12345 keeps giving error changes this admin account about 6 times....
Anyway to get around this I have to use Ubuntu and password ubuntu just to get on the computer... This just a regular user I guess....
Is there a way to get around this password....
Remember not that good with linux so be specific with directions....
later....
help...
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Tue May 13, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: Ubuntu 7.10 password problem |
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yooeinstein wrote:
NOW my problem is the Administrator account will not run the account I set up chris with password 12345 keeps giving error changes this admin account about 6 times....
I'm not sure what this means, could you explain it again? What do you mean by "admin account will not run the account" and what error is it giving? |
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Jaymac
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Tue May 13, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Can you log in via the ubuntu user and create a new user? Delete the old one and see what happens. |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Jaymac wrote:Can you log in via the ubuntu user and create a new user? Delete the old one and see what happens.
This is not a power user account or one given any privileges .....
administrator = root or administrator = admin
ubuntu = guest account.... |
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Jaymac
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Wed May 14, 2008 5:07 am Post subject: |
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There is no root/admin account on Ubuntu. If you can't add users using sudo with the ubuntu account, then try chrooting in via a live cd:
sudo mount /dev/drive_name (eg hda1) /media/ubuntu
sudo chroot /media/ubuntu
sudo -s
useradd -G admin yourusername |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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well this is what I get
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ sudo mount /hda1
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ sudo mount /hda1
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ sudo chroot /media/ubuntu
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ sudo -s
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ useradd -G admin ubuntu
useradd: user ubuntu exists
what does this mean?
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Jaymac
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Wed May 14, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Are you logging in through a live cd to do that?
If your hard drive is /dev/hda1 then you want to do:
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/ubuntu
sudo chroot /media/ubuntu
sudo -s
useradd -G admin A_New_Username
The ubuntu user already exists because it is the one you said you already have on your system - I am trying to create a new account with privileges for you so that you can use it. So type whatever username you want to create. If the username ubuntu has sudo privileges, then you can forget the chroot step.
Just open up a terminal and type:
sudo -s
useradd -G admin yooeinstein (or whatever you want your username to be) |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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no im on the hard drive am i going to have to use live cd?
this what i get when i try update computer
Version 1.0.4-0ubuntu2.1:
* SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via heap memory corruption.
* bzlib.c, bzlib_private.h: upstream patch from 1.0.5 applied inline.
* References
CVE-2008-1372 |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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from hard drive get
sudo chroot /media/ubuntu
ubuntu is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ sudo -s
ubuntu@chris-laptop:~$ useradd -G admin A_New_Username
useradd: unable to lock password file
do i have to use live cd? |
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Jaymac
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Wed May 14, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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You don't need to chroot if you're not using a Live CD.
But if ubuntu is not in /etc/sudoers then your best bet is to boot from a Live CD and follow the instructions. |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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this is a bad install
wont even mount the device something is wrong
reinstall this weekend
as long as I can use internet I'm fine... 
need to purchase products
later....
not your fault just bad for this laptop |
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yooeinstein
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Wed May 14, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Never mind it worked thank god....
your great,
thanks....
Jaymac your the man???? |
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Jaymac
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Thu May 15, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: |
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yooeinstein wrote:Never mind it worked thank god....
your great,
thanks....
Jaymac your the man????
You're welcome, glad I could help. |
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"Ireland for the Irish, not for London or for Rome." - John Lennon
affabletoaster, Akely, AlexN, AnalogKid, anothersomeone, b-day girl, BamZipPow, blahpony, CheeseMonger The Great, dstg_II, Dutch, EdisonRex, eep, Elk, evilness, FatherBean, Fathertyme, Fido, horselady, je, jodygirl, KingKobra, krbshappy71, Lycander, mally, Murphy The Cat, nattiebo, OhioArt2, Olive, Pakiii, pastense, Quetzalcoatl, quijbe, Rahhstah, Rover, seca111, Skookum, sLaPpY, sully_51, Superdwarf, Tard, the taz man, Toast, Toxin, VirtualElvis, yiayia49
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