From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 10/21/2025 8:43 AM, s|b wrote:   
   > I work as a volunteer and help people out with (small) digital problems:   
   > installing apps on their smartphone, explain how they work...   
   >   
   > My "boss" wanted to play around with Linux, so he gave me an old laptop   
   > and I installed Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon 64-bit. He was very impressed   
   > and has been experimenting since, but he just contacted me about a   
   > problem. Apparently he changed the name of the Home folder (in the GUI)   
   > from 'Myname' to 'Organisationname' and now he can't login anymore. He   
   > sent me a screenshot that says:   
   >   
   > Myname   
   >   
   > Incorrect password, please try again   
   >   
   > What I found weird is that my name is with a capital; the login I gave   
   > was without capital letter. (But I vaguely remember giving 'Myname' when   
   > it was asked during installation.)   
   >   
   > He says he tried in Terminal with sudo, but it doesn't work. He also   
   > says he can't change the login to 'Organisationname', it seems stuck to   
   > 'Myname'. (I set up the laptop to autologin after boot.)   
   >   
   > I'm in way over my head. I can install a Linux OS, install extra   
   > software, work with Wine to a certain degree, change small stuff, but I   
   > have never encountered this. I still haven't dumped Windows and switched   
   > 100% to Linux. I haven't got the laptop with me (yet), but I've   
   > searched, even asked Grok, and it all seems to come down to command   
   > lines in the Terminal.   
   >   
   > Is there a simple solution to this? I would appreciate some tips.   
   > (Remember, I don't have the laptop yet.)   
   >   
   > Tnx!   
   >   
      
   You'll need your USB LiveDVD stick, to boot off the stick   
   and reach in and repair it.   
      
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   The Boss apparently used "sudo" to get into trouble :-)   
      
   This is presumably the same recipe as the "pinnerite" AI recipe.   
   I just made pictures in a VM for fun. I wanted to test   
   and see if it worked or not. If the boss made any additional   
   changes (like some sort of UNIX veteran), then you would   
   need to counter those moves to fix it. The boss could further mess   
   up the directory with "chmod" or "chown", and you would have   
   to do the inverse of that. If the boss did that, you would   
   know that this exercise was "an exam" and not an accident.   
   This smells a bit suspect as it is.   
      
      Paul   
      
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