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drumanart
January 18th, 2012, 10:55 AM
Hello,
I tried to make a new user account and I messed up my own user privileges.
Still my old password is accepted when the system asks for the keyring, but I'm not able to use sudo ... so I can't install new software any more.
Is there a way to get to the initial configuration?
Thanks for help.
Martin

nothingspecial
January 18th, 2012, 11:23 AM
Reboot into recovery mode and choose a root shell.


passwd user

where user is martin or whatever your username is.


exit

That should fix it.

drumanart
January 18th, 2012, 01:15 PM
Thanks for replying.
I don't see the GRUP menu when booting the computer. How do I get there?
Thanks Martin

raja.genupula
January 18th, 2012, 01:17 PM
Hold your shift key while you're booting your system . that will gives grub menu .

drumanart
January 19th, 2012, 09:26 AM
Thanks a lot

raja.genupula
January 19th, 2012, 03:08 PM
so you got that and solved you issue ? if yes please mark the thread as solved from thread tools.

Thank you.