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usadn24

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Posted: Oct. 12 2006,14:43

I installed everything from the live CD for DSL, I selected a login name and a password and it worked just once, the second time I wanted to sign in, system keeps on telling me " invalid login". How can I reset this function? this is happening during the process the linux applicacion is being loaded to my laptop. Any feedback would be really appreciated.

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Posted: Oct. 12 2006,15:19

How did you install (and how are you using) DSL?
Which accounts are you trying to access? (forgot password?)

In general, you could try:
- copy over the original /etc/shadow file from the cd (or another one in which you know the account/password)
- remove the password from the account you forgot in /etc/shadow. Should be like:

Code Sample

accountname:deletemypasswordhere:...

- reinstalling

usadn24

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Posted: Oct. 12 2006,16:45

Thank you for your asnwer, i installed it to the hard drive, I did the particion for the hard, there is only one account on this laptop which was the one I was working on but I will try what you told me to, thank you.

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