-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The simplest way I think, is to go into that user's $HOME, backup from there whatever you want to keep, delete that user from the system, and add the user again. Greg P.S. when deleting the user, you want to use the -r or -R flag to userdel, else you'll need to remove that user's $HOME by hand before adding the user again. On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:30:46PM -0700, Ned Granic wrote: > Hi all, > > I plaied with the passwd command with the -e option while being loged in as root and therefore messed up my forgotten password for my user name -- the one I picked while installing the debian. > Now when I log in with my user name (not as root) and password, it kicks me out by saying my user name is not a command. > > How do I fix the problem? > > Many thanks in advance! > Ned > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFDc3S7s9z/XlyUyARAjesAKCp5xsf152DXZSmAITo/JIxhhaqKACeM5DV EP7Incqsp4rOoZ32z2AMu6c= =2NEq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
