On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 02:06:05AM -0700, Martin Waller wrote: > Hello, > > I have on old 486 on which I installed debian (slink) (any excuse), but > forgot my root password. So I went in and edited /etc/passwords, where > there were 'x's fro the password fields. > > Then I changed the root password after deleting the 'x' in root's > /etc/passwords entry. > > But now, the password only works under xdm login. Under console login, _no_ > password is required. > > How do I fix this?
Put the "x" back. What you really need to do is simply run "passwd" as root. This wont require knowing the previous password. Ben