On Thursday 18 Mar 2004 18:30 pm, Keith Powell wrote:
For some unknown reason, my "user" password appears to have got corrupted. <SNIP> How can I change my password without knowing what it is?
Log in as root and use yast>security and users>edit user settings to change your user password.
I have thought of creating a new user (say, keith2) and then moving all my settings and files to the new user, deleting the original user and then changing "keith2" to "keith". It's long winded, and I am not certain it would work.
It wouldn't be quite that easy as you have user permissions to consider, and anyway it's not necessary as root can change anyone's password.
My user password must be in a file, somewhere. If so, as root, I could probably edit it to what it should be.
It's only stored in an encrypted file (/etc/shadow) which you shouldn't edit directly. HTH Dylan -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin