I think the problem is solved and the solution was easy. At the suggestion of someone on Google+ I switched keyboards back to German (Switzerland) and typed the old user name and passwords (user and root). They *were*different. I typed them into gedit so I could see them. Then I switched to US keyboard and went to the users and changed the password from the wrong one typing from what was in gedit to my desired one. I opened a terminal and changed to root and did as you suggested and entered a new password. I had to use the wrong one to change to root, but had that written down.
Whew! I was just getting to like F16 and thought that I would have to re-install. Thanks. The panic is over.. :) Roy Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 11 November 2011 15:28, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 03:16:33PM -0500, Roy wrote: > > Thanks. > > > > That will change the root password, but how can I get in as user once I > > re-boot? There is no root user at gdm, that I can remember, just roy. > BTW, > > I am not even sure the user's name is accurate because y and z were > > switched on the keyboard. > > Sorry, might not have been clear. After changing root's password, > change the username's password. For example, if the username was roy > > passwd roy > > If you're unsure of the user name, and doing ls /home doesn't help, then > I would just create a new user and make sure they're in the wheel group, > since Fedora now gives sudo powers to all users in the wheel group. > > So, > > adduser -G wheel newroy > > or whatever you want to call it--or delete the old user and add this > user. > > It should work, even in single user mode, but haven't done it in awhile. > > If it doesn't, once you've changed the root password, then boot again, > but this time in text mode--should be the same as before but add 3 > rather than 1 to the end of the kernel line. (Hope that still works > under systemd, I'm not 100 percent sure it does.) > > Then, you will be in full multiuser mode and can add the new user. > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > Giles: I need you to take Spike for a few days. > Xander: What? > Spike: What? > Anya: What? > Spike: I'm not stayin' with him. > Giles: I have a friend who's coming to town, and I'd like us to > be alone. > Anya: Oh, you mean an orgasm friend? > Giles: Yes, that's exactly the most appalling thing you could > have said. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
