Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-27 Thread Harald Sundt
Brilliant. I apologize for being a decades long Linux end user. in that the meeting is at a private residence could you please e-mail me the directions and time and such. I hope I am not asking too late to receive data. Hal h_su...@efn.org On 1/27/11 9:51 AM, Michael Miller wrote: Haral

Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-27 Thread abrown
John Steinbeck - Original Message - From: "Harald Sundt" To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:16:56 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work It is not a live Linux DVD, I take it tha

Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-27 Thread Michael Miller
Harald, If you need a walk though on how to boot your machine into single user mode and changing you're password and root's password. I can walk you though this tonight at LUG. -mmiller On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Harald Sundt wrote: >  Hey, > > I gave up trying to update my Linux 12 and

Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-27 Thread M Jarvis
Overcoming a forgotten root pw is usually pretty straightforward... I've only had to do it once but it was easy. Basically boot into single user mode w/ a Live CD of some sort, edit a file, reboot. This describes the process: http://linuxgazette.net/107/tomar.html Matt Jarvis Eugene, Oregon USA

Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-26 Thread Harald Sundt
It is not a live Linux DVD, I take it that Live means you can run linux from the DVD. It is just a downloaded disc image from Fedora. Thanks anyway. On 1/26/11 10:23 PM, abr...@peak.org wrote: When you boot into the Fedora14 DVD, is that a live Linux DVD? If so, you can edit the /etc/sh

Re: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-26 Thread abrown
x and Gnu/Linux User Group" Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:45:26 PM Subject: [Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work Hey, I gave up trying to update my Linux 12 and downloaded a Fedora 14 DVD from the official site. I burned this to disc and the Install

[Eug-lug] I upgraded to Fedora 14 - now my password doesn't work

2011-01-26 Thread Harald Sundt
Hey, I gave up trying to update my Linux 12 and downloaded a Fedora 14 DVD from the official site. I burned this to disc and the Install seemed to be flawless. I chose upgrade an old system and made dinner. BUT, on rebooting from new system, I get a screen that has my name... but my passw