I have just installed Lubuntu 14.04 and can't log in. I get incorrect password, even though I just added and confirmed password during setup. I did not set up any users during setup just a root password.
Do you know how to fix this problem?
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1possible your answer here http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password – αғsнιη Sep 28 '14 at 11:14
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By default while installation ubuntu does not set root password. It creates a default User, based on what you enter in "Enter your Name" , and sudo rights are given to it.
Double check if your caps lock was on and try to login from shell (Ctrl+Alt+F1/F2), not with "root" as username.
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As soon as I tried shell login it immediately stated a crash report - mei_me timer: connect/disconnect timeout – wiz Sep 28 '14 at 11:20
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@wiz I recommend editing your question to add as many details as possible about that. That's new information that may be essential to getting an answer. (Though I'd still recommend trying to reset your password as described here.) – Eliah Kagan Sep 28 '14 at 12:37
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At the grub login, drop to root shell and either check if your user is in /etc/passwd and change the user password or add your user.
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend expanding this to explain how to actually perform those steps. Also, wouldn't
ls /homebe a much easier way to list the username of the system's real human users? (Since most entries in/etc/passwdon most desktop systems will not correspond to human users.) – Eliah Kagan Sep 28 '14 at 12:36