On 05/20/2013 09:14 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
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
Yup that did it. Wonder why the alleged recovery mode kernel in 19
isn't ? I will ask on
the test list.
Thanks for the help.
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--Cheers--
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