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I try to log in and it says that the password is incorrect. I'm sure the password is correct, so it may be a keyboard configuration thing because my password contains special characters and numbers. Anyway, can you help me change the user password to be able to enter? I use Debian 11 with xfce

Come on, man. Google it first.

https://blog.eldernode.com/reset-forgot ... -password/

Then change the user password
... or whatever your user name is.

Could be a login loop, which may, but may also not be resolvable by password change. I've experienced that. There were a few resolutions I've used in the past: reinstall the display manager which may be lightdm in the case of xfce; or replace the display manager with another e.g. sddm for lightdm; or change configs to avoid the display manager and boot to text prompt to start the GUI with startx or xinit with or without an .xinitrc file.

nikodavid wrote: ↑2022-06-24 03:39 I try to log in and it says that the password is incorrect. I'm sure the password is correct,

What about the username ?
Is it a new installation or did it work before ?

nikodavid wrote: ↑2022-06-24 03:39 it may be a keyboard configuration thing

Type the password in the username field so that you can see it in cleartext.

nikodavid wrote: ↑2022-06-24 03:39 can you help me change the user password to be able to enter?

Boot in recovery mode or switch to a text console and log in as root. Then change the user password with Didn't set a root password ? Bad choice.

NorthEast wrote: ↑2022-06-25 01:27 Could be a login loop

A login loop would not "say that the password is incorrect". It would try and fail to open the session and go back to the login screen.

p.H wrote:

A login loop would not "say that the password is incorrect"

Thanks for that clarification.