On 05/20/2013 08:02 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > Just installed Fedora 19 ( I know questions are supposed to go to that > list, but this is more of a > general thing). > > I was having a lot of problems with the GDM login manager so I disabled > it and installed > lightdm. > > Everything was working fine UNTIL I tried to change my password to > something I could > remember - the steup forces you to pick one which can't be easily broken. > > Now the login manager tells me both the old and new passwords are wrong. > So basically I can't get into > the system. I tried the recovery kernel but it simply takes me to the > login manager, unlike the recovery options > on my Fedora 17 and 18 systems. > > Can someone offer a suggestion ( I'm writing this in my Debian system) > > Thanks > Boot into single user mode As root, change your regular account's password passwd accountname Booting into single user mode: http://www.fedora.itopstube.com/2011/07/entering-single-user-mode-at-grub.html -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org