Comment 5 for bug 364123

sorry i didn't get the files you requested, but I was expecting to have the same problem the second time.  What I can say though is that when i re-installed with a 6 letter password, i tried to create another user with a 3 char password with the accounts and users gui tool, and ubuntu wouldn't let me create a user with such a short password ( less than 6 chars).  I do think that the alternate install generates a password for you if you do not make it longer than 3 characters, and without warning.

--- On Mon, 4/20/09, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Colin Watson <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 364123] Re: username/password not remembered after Alt install completes
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 10:18 AM

The installer has a rescue mode, which you could use to extract these
files. I believe you can type 'rescue' at the kboot prompt when booting
the CD to access it.

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username/password not remembered after Alt install completes
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Status in Ubuntu PS3 Port: Incomplete

Bug description:
At first I thought I just fat-fingered the password during my intrepid
alternate install, however I went through the entire install again and it seems
that the username and password are not remembered. As this bug hasn't been
reported yet, I have to believe that this occurs due to a characteristic of the
login credentials that I'm choosing. I am making my username 'ps3'
and my password 'ps3'. I do recall some Ubuntu releases complaining
that my password had to be 6 characters minimum, but this one ( and Feisty for
i386 ) allowed it so I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. I
wonder if it is randomly generating a password for me without warning.

I haven't raised a bug with psubuntu before so please let me know what
other detail you need to escallate this. I have an 80gb ps3 and used the 8.10
alternate ppc install cd from cdimage.ubuntu.com. I am going to re-install
again and choose a longer username and password to verify my theory. Stay tuned