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  1. Bug #297262
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Comment 3 for bug 297262

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Håvar (havar) wrote : Re: OEM, on a normal Ubuntu installation, preserve the first user password for sudo

Thanks for the info Loye Young.

Some additional information:

The password for the oem account should be the same as the username, oem.

I think you also need to run these commands:

You might have to remove the old users files
#rm -r /home/olduser

Add the oem user to the sudoers list.
# adduser oem sudo

Activate the oem-config next reboot
# oem-config-prepare

Then you might need to update the grub config to reset the timeout on the grub menu.
# update-grub

Before you reboot.
# reboot now

In case you accidentally happen to log into the oem account and set a keyring password (for instance by logging onto a wireless network), you should delete it like this:
# rm -r /home/oem/.gnome2/keyrings