#1 2016-08-03 17:32:51

kplabs

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Registered: 2016-08-03

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User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

Guys,

I installed BL a week ago, and was enjoying it - till today evening when I tried to log in, it said, "Incorrect password, please try again."

I wanted to know as what might have gone wrong, and how could I recover??

I am novice here, and help in this matter shall be much appreciated.

Thanks,
- K

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2015-09-29

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Re: User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

Hello & welcome to the forums

what might have gone wrong

Is caps lock on?

Perhaps your keyboard configuration has changed.

how could I recover?

At the boot (GRUB) menu, highlight the BunsenLabs entry and press "e" then add this to the end of the line that starts with "linux":

init=/bin/bash

Then press <Ctrl>+x (at the same time) to boot to a passwordless root shell.

Now set your $PATH and re-mount the root filesystem read-write:

. /etc/profile
mount -o remount,rw /

Finally, reset your user password:

passwd $USER

Replace $USER with your actual username and choose a password with no special characters to help eliminate keyboard configuration problems.

It may be worth checking the keyboard set up from the root shell:

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

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Horizon_Brave

Operating System: Linux-Nettrix

Registered: 2015-10-18

Posts: 1,473

Re: User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

Also, it's been pointed out to me, (and I experienced it myself) that if you go to "wake up" your computer if it's been in sleep or the screen has blanked, if you hit a key like the space bar, it actually moves the login cursor one space. It's hard to detect at times, so you may not realize it's there, but it's enough to trigger a incorrect login message.

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KrunchTime

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Re: User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

It's also possible that you have slightly forgotten part of the username and/or password or you keep fat-fingering one or both, although you'd know if you fat-fingered the username because you can see that.  I know I've had my fair share of fat-fingering my password, even though I could swear I entered it correctly.

kplabs

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Registered: 2016-08-03

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Re: User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

Thanks, I was able to recover. 

Horizon_Brave

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Re: User / Pasword Not accepting after 1 week

Ultimately, what was the cause, and how did you fix it?  Also, can you mark this topic as SOLVED?

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