Updated Ubuntu now cannot login

[KyleFreise]

So I performed upgrades to Ubuntu on the original MineMeld OVA VM and can no longer login with the default username and password.  This is NOT the UI password, but rather to log into the OS itself.

What can I do to recover this account?  Is there a hidden default root account?

[KlausGroeger]

Hi,

usually the update should not cange the username:password. But maybe the locals,keymap other was changed. Did you tred to login directly on the console or did you tried to login via ssh?

You know in the default password for user ubuntu is a "z" - maybe you should try "y" instead?

No other ideas here ...

[mr.linus]

I have the same thing!

I can not login via SSH with the ubuntu/rsplizardspock credentials (i tried converting the password to azrty: rspliwqrspock but also this did not work)

I can login to the GUI just fine

[lmori]

Could you boot in single user mode and check the user ? Is the cloud-init CD-ROM still attached to the instance ?

[KyleFreise]

I'm not sure what the "z" or "y" passwords would be, but the default Minemeld OVA shell password is not being accepted.

[KyleFreise · Accepted solution]

Ok I got back in and the password was defiantly "reset" in a sense after an OS update.

To find the temporary password for your OVA within VMware vSphere go to MineMeld's 'edit settings', 'vApp Options' tab, expand 'Application properties', scroll down to "Default User's password" and you will see the temporary password.

Once logged in I was prompted to change it.

[mr.linus]

This "default user passowrd" field is empty with me...

Anybody else got a solution on how to get SSH/console access to the minemeld?

[lmori]

Hi @mr.linus,

could you check if the MM ISO is still attached ? Have you tried booting in single user mode ?

Thanks,

luigi

[KyleFreise]

It doesn't happen to be a blank password for you does it?

[Sly_Cooper]

I have not yet updated the OS. Is there any specific process to follow or will it be standard ubuntu upgrade. Just want to make sure that it does not break Minemeld.

[lmori]

Hi @Sly_Cooper,

you can update MineMeld instance using a standard Ubuntu mechanism, this will bring your Ubuntu to 14.04.5:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

DO NOT USE "do-release-upgrade -d". It would upgrade your instance to Ubuntu 16.04 and this is not supported yet.

Before the upgrade I do a backup of current config and data:

$ sudo service minemeld stop
$ sudo tar -cvzf minemeld-backup.tar.gz /opt/minemeld/local
$ sudo service minemeld start

In case of errors, to restore in a new instance:

$ sudo service minemeld stop
$ cd /
$ sudo -u minemeld tar -xvzf minemeld-backup.tar.gz
$ sudo service minemeld start

[vickif]

How would you go about doing that, if you can't log in?  I'm having the same issue.  I haven't logged in to the CLI lately, and now it's not letting me in at all.  I'm also unable to log in in single user mode.