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I think that a user friendly tutorial about Lost passwords should be included in the Idiot Guide
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I think that a user friendly tutorial about Lost passwords should be included in the Idiot Guide
I have two passwd lines:P3t3r_2 said:Step 1:
use Tux Commander to locate the passwd file ( location: /var/etc/passwd)
HB13DISH said:Yes I did miss it. Thanks.
I think that a user friendly tutorial about Lost Passwords should be included in the Idiot Guide, as members keep asking about it in new threads.
Just checked and I didn't find one.
T_G said:You didn't find it because you didn't write it yet
Go on, do the right thing :-righton
canofan said:I have two passwd lines:
one with a little dot just after the d and one without.
does this make any sense?
another question: could the user name have been changed as well?
mhku said:If you change your password your CS may stop working.
What image are you using? And welcome to the forum
Thank youP3t3r_2 said:1) You must use (passwd) and not the one with the minus sign (passwd-)
2) User can be any name but not root of course (I have added a list below of names not to be used)
To make it more clear ..........
I dont know, there is another workaround here if you get stuck,hutsefruits said:nothing happens what ever button i press on the remote. what seems to be the problem
hutsefruits said:I tried to get into the tuxbox and then into the password file but my edit function 4 doesnt work. nothing happens what ever button i press on the remote. what seems to be the problem