password help please

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I have version 11.10 and am having trouble login in can only access guest account and cannot get into adminastrator account. I have gone to root menu and tried to enter password change it posts authentication token manipulation error password unchanged. What can i do to get back adminastration account?

In the worst case, you can boot an Ubuntu liveCD, open a terminal window, become root, and mount the hard drive on the troubled system. From there you could save important files, edit the /etc/sudoers to make it easier to get root, or take other steps... — Paul, Apr 15 '12 at 02:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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This question is answered here. Remount root with read/write privileges.

Authentication token manipulation error

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Aug 01 '12 at 21:21

ehfeng

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 07 '13 at 23:01

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Go to console by Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login as yourself, you will be your home directory. Then simply delete the .Xauthority and reboot using the following command:

sudo rm .Xauthority`
sudo shutdown -r now`

Then you should be able to login under your profile.

edited May 07 '13 at 23:01

Seth

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answered Aug 01 '12 at 21:30

user68186

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password help please

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