Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Miller
No, it didn't ask me for a root password at all... just selected that last option on the recovery list ("Drop to root shell with networking" I think it was called) and about 30 seconds later I was in a root prompt (ie. "#" prompt) I don't know why you would be getting asked for root at all - I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Miller
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM, mike daniels wrote: > The route shell prompt asks "give route password for maintenance", it > rejects my password and repeats the request. My user name is also rejected > and I must have missed something if the "How to geek" explains user name > reset as well. Apolo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread mike daniels
lease, which page of thescriptshould I be looking at ? thanks, Michael --- On Tue, 2/6/09, Sean Miller wrote: From: Sean Miller Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009, 12:30 PM On Tue, Jun 2,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Miller
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM, mike daniels wrote: > Thanks Sean, but my Ubuntu 8.05 does no accept my user name or password. Is > there an alternative to reloading Ubuntu 8.04 please. This is the second If you go into the recovery mode, as specified on that link I sent, you should be able to d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread mike daniels
Miller Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009, 11:09 AM http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/reset-your-forgotten-ubuntu-password-in-2-minutes-or-less/ Sean On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM, mi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Miller
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/reset-your-forgotten-ubuntu-password-in-2-minutes-or-less/ Sean On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM, mike daniels wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 1/6/09, mike daniels wrote: > > From: mike daniels > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem > To: ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem, repeat request

2009-06-02 Thread mike daniels
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, mike daniels wrote: From: mike daniels Subject: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Monday, 1 June, 2009, 8:45 PM . help ! Please Computer no longer accepts my username and password. >From route, Give route password for main