| Kryvysh | I need help!, I accidentally removed my password for my account, which happens to be the administrator of this computer. (the only account to be honest). I just installed ubuntu yesterday and today I no longer have administrative privilages because of my actions. I try to add a password but it won't let me. It says "None" for password but when I click it, it gives me 3 options. Current Password, New Password and Confi | 02:35 |
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| Kryvysh | rm password, but no matter what I do or try, I can't get it to be able for me to click "change" ... The button is unclickable.. I can't get a password, I don't know what to do. | 02:35 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCdRecovery | 03:21 |
| phillw | covers most things :) | 03:22 |
| Kryvysh | Thanks phill Imma try this right now, hopefully it works! :D | 03:22 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: it is good, just do take time to read it through | 03:24 |
| Kryvysh | but I can't type any of those commands in the terminal without it asking for my password, which was removed >.> so i can't | 03:24 |
| phillw | you need to boot from the CD. do you not have it? | 03:25 |
| Kryvysh | well, i had used unetbootin so the CD is actually my flashdrive.. i put it in and nothing really happened. | 03:26 |
| phillw | I'm not familiar, try https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode | 03:27 |
| Kryvysh | i tried that. tried giving my admin account a password and didn't work.. i need to create a new administrator account or somehow give my account a password (which won't let me) | 03:27 |
| Kryvysh | basically I no longer have any sort of administrative powers in this comp >.> im basically a normal none admin user. | 03:28 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: if you get into rescue mode, you are root user. | 03:29 |
| Kryvysh | alright I'll give it another try. | 03:30 |
| phillw | Is it that your account does not have admin access? | 03:30 |
| Kryvysh | it doesnt, not anymore | 03:30 |
| Kryvysh | and I want to give my account a password and admin access | 03:30 |
| phillw | Ubuntu has altered certain things for admin users. I'm sorry I cannot tell you what the work arounds are. | 03:31 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: they are all noted at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo | 03:32 |
| Kryvysh | its okay. Thanks for the help, and I hope recovery mode or the live cd helps me this time. | 03:32 |
| Kryvysh | ill check that out/. | 03:33 |
| phillw | if the wiki pages are not working, then they are obviously in need of an update for some one who has access to the computer. | 03:34 |
| Kryvysh | phillw, I managed to fix it. Wasn't as hard as I was expecting it. I just had to add a new pw, and it worked. Thanks for the help earlier today :) | 04:36 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: glad it is sorted & thanks a lot to actually take the time to say it is sorted. | 04:38 |
| phillw | which bit was it? | 04:38 |
| Kryvysh | I just went into recover mode, from root control I reset my password, and then I actually had a password. Which was all i was missing so I could authenticate and give myself rights for whatever i wanted to add or install in this comp :P | 04:40 |
| Kryvysh | (ohh and you're welcome, I like to actually let people know when something is fix, and also to give thanks cause most people don't take the time to do that :P ) | 04:40 |
| phillw | Kryvysh: so the instructions via recover mode worked for you? | 04:41 |
| Kryvysh | I accidently somehow shut the computer, so when it was restarting I went to recovery mode and decided to search online (through this old laptop I have next to me) and found my answer here: psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword | 04:42 |
| phillw | he is one of the forum mods :) | 04:43 |
| phillw | and a very trusted guy. | 04:43 |
| Kryvysh | and it helped me alot x) hehehe | 04:43 |
| phillw | you can always tab in #ubutnu-forums we do not bite on there :) | 04:44 |
| Kryvysh | I shall :P | 04:44 |
| Kryvysh | so far, I like the Linux Community, so glad I'm over the microsoft and apple. [never was a fan to start with] | 04:44 |
| dizzylizzy | :D | 09:50 |
| dizzylizzy | freedom is good for youuuu | 09:50 |
| dizzylizzy | oh wait that was like 5 hours ago nvm | 09:50 |
| hobgoblin | still good for you - regardless ;) | 10:13 |
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| freeroute | hi everyone, I just ran gpg for the first time to encrypt a file in my home dir and it created a bunch of files and dirs in my home dir, so (supposedly) if an attacker gets hold of those files, would it be possible for the attacker to decrypt that encrypted file? | 13:25 |
| freeroute | (I used the gpg -c [file] command btw) | 13:26 |
| JO__ | Not sure If this is right place, please direct if I am in error. Looking for an answer to an ipod mounting error - Unhandled Lockdown error (-15) Which I see is a 'no running session' error ... Trying to figure that one out. | 18:13 |
| JO__ | Have tried sudo apt-get install ifuse libimobiledevice-utils and idevicepair unpair && idevicepair pair to no avail although terminal states paired succesfully | 18:14 |
| heythisisevan | hello all | 21:28 |
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