On 17-09-2004, at 20h 24'37", Anthony Campbell wrote about "Re: Locked out! How to circumvent password urgently?" > > Sorry for this follow-up, but I've now discovered what the original > problem with the passwords was. The console keymap has somehow gone > wrong and is not generating the correct UK symbols for # ~ @ . This may > have happened in today's update from Sid - I'm not sure. Anyway, the > passwords I was using contained these characters so they were coming out > wrong when I typed them, but of course I couldn't see that! >
Sometime it happens to me, after an update the keyboard turns either French or German. I keep a user with a password with an easy password to type, from where, after I login, I can change the keyboard type for that user then type su and change it for the system. Ionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]