type: passwd userwhere user is the name of the user. HTH, Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned Granic" <ngranic@xxxxxxx> To: <covici at ccs.covici.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 2:16 AM Subject: Re: user name password change > Yes, I knew about that, but a little question is how? > That's exactly the way I messed up the thing. > I am loged in as root. > Now, I want to change the password (that I forgot) for the user created > during the instalation. > How do I do that? > > Many thanks again! > Ned > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John covici" <covici at ccs.covici.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 6:03 PM > Subject: Re: user name password change > > >> You can change the password once you log in as root using the passwd >> command. Set the password and try again. >> >> on Sunday 09/17/2006 Ned Granic(ngranic at cox.net) wrote >> > Where am I loging from? >> > The shell -- I thinks. >> > on startup I loged in as root (and messed up the password), then exited >> > (the >> > exit command), then tried to log in again as user by using the user >> > name >> > I >> > created during the installation process. >> > >> > I tried to use the base-config command to reset the user name and >> > passwords, >> > and it just kicks me back to the config window from which I could only >> > choose the "finished configuration" option. >> > >> > One more question; is w3m browser accessible with speakup at all? At >> > least >> > in my class I couldn't open one single link. >> > >> > It's Debian 2.6.17 box. >> > >> > Many thanks in advance! >> > Ned >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "John covici" <covici at ccs.covici.com> >> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:42 PM >> > Subject: user name password change >> > >> > >> > > Can you give exact steps to duplicate the problem? Logging in from >> > > where? .bash_profile contents? >> > > >> > > on Sunday 09/17/2006 Ned Granic(ngranic at cox.net) 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 >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question >> > > is: >> > > How do >> > > you spend it? >> > > >> > > John Covici >> > > covici at ccs.covici.com >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Speakup mailing list >> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: >> How do >> you spend it? >> >> John Covici >> covici at ccs.covici.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
