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Re: [gNewSense-users] I did something stupid - root password locked :-(
From: |
Karl Goetz |
Subject: |
Re: [gNewSense-users] I did something stupid - root password locked :-( |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:37:11 +1030 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070104) |
andrei raevsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed gNewSense on a friend's computer. The Ubuntu
> installer asks for the creation of a user with root-type admin access.
> I created that account under my friend's name, then when I wanted to
> create another account for his brother I realized that my friend would
> have full admin access. So I used his account to create another
> account for his brother and then I took away my friend's admin
> privileges.
>
Try rebooting in rescue mode (hit escape when grub is booting). it
should boot directly into a root shell, where you can type `adduser
friendlogin admin`
kk
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Karl Goetz
User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org
Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam
User of Debian, The Universal Operating System - http://www.debian.org
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