I have been using the computer regularly for years. It came from System 76 with Ubuntu which has been upgraded regularly. O had some problems with the 20.04 upgrade, but it was running fine for a couple of weeks before this happened.
You can see that I was following the instructions in that good tutorial and what returned
CowDoctor - Hummm ... An observation -- root@Bucky:~# passwd Joseph Snyder I do expect the kernel to see "Joseph Snyder" as two entries - thus invalid as the assumed username. Run in terminal: Code: ls -al /home To know what the username assignment is. If in fact you have set the use name as the 2 words, Joseph Snyder, then in the passwd command enclose your username in quote marks: "Joseph Snyder" follow through with the tutorial. -who wudda thunk it ?-
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Dear Bashing-om, Wellll, all fixed. Thank you! Curiously, the first time I just ran ls /home as the tutorial suggested and I could swear it came back Joseph Snyder, which is what show as the name at login. I tried that with quotations and got a doesn't exist message, so ran ls -al /home and it came back joseph-snyder. Ran that through the password and all was well. So, again, thank you, resolved, and maybe some info for the next time? Yours gratefully, CowDoctor Joe
CowDoctor - Pleased I could render the aid. As this issue is now at an end: Please mark this thread solved; aides others seeking the solution, helps keep the forum clean, and precludes others miss-directing efforts to aid. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPo.../SolvedThreads happy trails to you
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