Hi
Just installed Mint 14 to USB using Universal USB Installer.
All went on OK, then I used the control centre to create a new user, all OK.
Tried to log in as that user and it says wrong password.
Tried, from console, to change password, it says users doesn't exist.
Tried to create user with useradd and it says user already exists.
Tried to delete user with deluser and it says user doesn't exist.
I'm kind of going round in circles now.
Is it possible to remove this user I created?
Is it possible to create an alternative account that I can log in with?
Can't Add/Delete/Login user
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Psi Phi
Can't Add/Delete/Login user
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Re: Can't Add/Delete/Login user
Try:
Assuming your user was created using standard Mint tools, each of the above should return exactly one item!
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grep <username> /etc/passwd
grep ^<username> /etc/group # the carat is NOT a typo!-
Psi Phi
Re: Can't Add/Delete/Login user
SiKing
User was there OK, home directory and everything, I had checked that.
The problem was that I could not log in as the user (said the password was wrong) and could not change the password (said the user did not exist).
I find today that I can change the password and log in without any problems.
No idea what went wrong, must be some newbie stuff-up I guess ?
cheers.
User was there OK, home directory and everything, I had checked that.
The problem was that I could not log in as the user (said the password was wrong) and could not change the password (said the user did not exist).
I find today that I can change the password and log in without any problems.
No idea what went wrong, must be some newbie stuff-up I guess ?
cheers.