I bought a laptop with Linux; there's only a guest session, i can't add other accounts [closed]












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I can't connect to WiFi or edit settings on this used laptop.






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closed as off-topic by mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho, karel, K7AAY Feb 5 at 22:47


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    did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

    – Gravemind
    Feb 5 at 20:19






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    Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

    – mikewhatever
    Feb 5 at 20:24






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    Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

    – N0rbert
    Feb 5 at 20:25






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    Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

    – PJ Singh
    Feb 5 at 21:01






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    Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

    – karel
    Feb 5 at 22:45
















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I can't connect to WiFi or edit settings on this used laptop.






helpfile







share|improve this question















closed as off-topic by mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho, karel, K7AAY Feb 5 at 22:47


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho

If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.












  • 1





    did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

    – Gravemind
    Feb 5 at 20:19






  • 1





    Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

    – mikewhatever
    Feb 5 at 20:24






  • 4





    Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

    – N0rbert
    Feb 5 at 20:25






  • 2





    Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

    – PJ Singh
    Feb 5 at 21:01






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    Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

    – karel
    Feb 5 at 22:45














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closed as off-topic by mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho, karel, K7AAY Feb 5 at 22:47


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho

If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.







closed as off-topic by mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho, karel, K7AAY Feb 5 at 22:47


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – mikewhatever, N0rbert, Eric Carvalho

If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.








  • 1





    did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

    – Gravemind
    Feb 5 at 20:19






  • 1





    Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

    – mikewhatever
    Feb 5 at 20:24






  • 4





    Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

    – N0rbert
    Feb 5 at 20:25






  • 2





    Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

    – PJ Singh
    Feb 5 at 21:01






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

    – karel
    Feb 5 at 22:45














  • 1





    did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

    – Gravemind
    Feb 5 at 20:19






  • 1





    Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

    – mikewhatever
    Feb 5 at 20:24






  • 4





    Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

    – N0rbert
    Feb 5 at 20:25






  • 2





    Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

    – PJ Singh
    Feb 5 at 21:01






  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

    – karel
    Feb 5 at 22:45








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did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

– Gravemind
Feb 5 at 20:19





did person who sold you that laptop mentioned some kind of Root user/root password?

– Gravemind
Feb 5 at 20:19




1




1





Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

– mikewhatever
Feb 5 at 20:24





Clean install seems like an obvious solution.

– mikewhatever
Feb 5 at 20:24




4




4





Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

– N0rbert
Feb 5 at 20:25





Clean install of LTS version seems like an obvious solution :)

– N0rbert
Feb 5 at 20:25




2




2





Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

– PJ Singh
Feb 5 at 21:01





Doing a fresh install isn't as scary as it may sound (especially, if you are new to Linux). Do you have another computer that you can use to download Ubuntu and create a bootable USB stick? Here are the instructions to do this using Windows: tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/…. (For other scenarios, see this page: ubuntu.com/download/desktop)

– PJ Singh
Feb 5 at 21:01




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Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

– karel
Feb 5 at 22:45





Possible duplicate of How do I reset a lost administrative password?

– karel
Feb 5 at 22:45










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If you don't an account with super user (root/sudo) permissions, I would strongly suggest just doing a clean install. It may be next to impossible to create a new account if you don't have sudo.






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    If you don't an account with super user (root/sudo) permissions, I would strongly suggest just doing a clean install. It may be next to impossible to create a new account if you don't have sudo.






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      If you don't an account with super user (root/sudo) permissions, I would strongly suggest just doing a clean install. It may be next to impossible to create a new account if you don't have sudo.






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        If you don't an account with super user (root/sudo) permissions, I would strongly suggest just doing a clean install. It may be next to impossible to create a new account if you don't have sudo.






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        If you don't an account with super user (root/sudo) permissions, I would strongly suggest just doing a clean install. It may be next to impossible to create a new account if you don't have sudo.







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