18 Mar
2004
18 Mar
'04
18:55
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 13:30, Keith Powell wrote:
For some unknown reason, my "user" password appears to have got corrupted.
If I enter it in KDM, I get "Login failed".
I have tried changing myself to "Password-less login" in the Login Manager, and I have also tried "Automatic login". But without success. The screen goes blank, as if it is going to start KDE, gnome, ETC, and then KDM appears again. There's only me as a user.
"Root" is OK.
How can I change my password without knowing what it is?
su to root and then passwd <username> Then supply the new password. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (6.2)