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Hacking and Security => Hacking and Security => : codder_227 February 01, 2016, 07:06:46 PM

: [Crack] Linux Mint Logon Screen HELP! [SOLVED]
: codder_227 February 01, 2016, 07:06:46 PM

Hey there!

I need help cracking this Logon on Linux Mint. I installed Mint a few days ago and modified it for myself, at all, it was a lot of work. Now, an hour ago, I booted it up and it shows me a completely other logon screen than the standard of Linux Mint:

(My hard drive is encrypted, btw.)

Now, when i wanted to login, it says "username or Password is invailed."

Logical, i thought. "You tipped in the wrong Password".
So I retried it, 10 times.
But it still gives me the same error. (And I didn't forgot the password and my username, I still now it)
For me, there's only chance why I fail every time when I want to logon: The new Login screen.
I modified after I installed Mint, because the standard login screen was awful to me.
So I tried it with a live disk to recover my hard drive. But it failed, because my hard drive is encrypted.

I dont wont to reinstall Mint, because if so I have to install the hole software and mods again, and thats pretty shitty, because it will take me hours.

Do you know how I bypass this logon screen or recover the hard drive?
Or get to the normal logon screen back? (Or viewing my old username  ::) )

(Remember, I still KNOW the PASSWORD!! I'm not quite sure with the username)

Ehh, and btw, when I try to login with root, the error comes:

"The admin is not allowed to login from this login"

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160201/33281e422d49e9a9aff8e1845c99359b.jpg)

: Re: [Crack] Linux Mint Logon Screen HELP!
: gray-fox February 01, 2016, 07:28:24 PM

Switch to tty console and try to login there and if you are able to login, undo what ever you did to the login screen.

ALT+CTRL+F might have been key combo in mint to switch tty.

: Re: [Crack] Linux Mint Logon Screen HELP!
: codder_227 February 01, 2016, 07:37:28 PM

Thanks, worked with ctrl + alt + F1  ;D

logged in with root and worked fine  ::)

: Re: [Crack] Linux Mint Logon Screen HELP! [SOLVED]
: Infinital February 01, 2016, 10:36:15 PM

Were none of the options in the "Login Themes" section worthy?

I didn't like the original one, but can't remember what I changed it to.

: Re: [Crack] Linux Mint Logon Screen HELP! [SOLVED]
: proxx February 02, 2016, 05:07:04 PM

In case of losing root pwd:
Edit grub right after boot with e and append this to your kernel params:
init=/bin/bash

Resume boot.

You will drop in a root shell , from there you must first remount the disk so you can write to it.
mount -o remount /
then do:
passwd

Set a new password.