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Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2007-01-12

Posts: 894

Change password for a user

Hello, I just added a new user to my system, when I set the user's password, the two passwords didn't match, the problem is that adduser didn't let me retype my password the, it just completed, and I can't log in with this user I can't change password with the passwd utility, what options do I have?

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Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: Change password for a user

Can you still log in as root? root should be able to change the password with the passwd utility:

passwd loginname

Dusty

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daf666

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Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 470

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Re: Change password for a user

This can work:
1. as root, edit /etc/passwd and remove the line for the messed up user
2. remove the users dir, from /home
3. recreate the user