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timekpr: inadvertently locked myself (admin user) out & can't boot - how to fix?
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Quote:I am not sure what you mean by "locked out". If i understand correctly, you just "lost" the password ?
It's difficult to explain if you haven't used timekpr.

Essentially, after I'd finished resetting PC usage times for my son's a/c today (from my admin a/c on the same PC),
I clicked the padlock as locked (red) for the admin a/c by mistake, when I should have left it unlocked (green) as I usually do. 
The effect of this error appears to be that I'm now literally locked out of the admin a/c. My admin password will not let
me in.

I lock the settings for my son's a/c, from my admin a/c, so that he can't tinker with the time settings that I've set for his PC usage.

Sorry if this is still unclear.

Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)  
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
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Re: timekpr: inadvertently locked myself (admin user) out & can't boot - how to fix? - by m654321 - 04-24-2016, 04:58 PM

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