On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 05:45:14AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The complete hard drive is wiped at least once a month. I > consistently use my name as the login on the first install of any > series. The login of any subsequent install will be a mnemonic > associated associated with the current experiment. > > I just tried to bring up an install without a GUI. I had forgotten > the login name I had assigned a week ago. I solved the immediate > problem by rebooting to the install on sda1 and using it to examine > /etc/passwd on sda7. On further thinking about this I have some questions. You say "I just tried to bring up an install...", by this do you mean you *have* installed and are trying to log in, or that you are now doing a text mode install but have forgotten the previous username you used so don't know what this username should be? Cheers, Tom -- Without love intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence love is not enough. -- Ashley Montagu
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