On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400 Dick Bayerl <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with > the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes > to various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on > a second machine and keeping careful notes about the password to see > if that will work. I really like the idea of working with DEBIAN and > hope I can get past this issue. > Dick Bayerl So when your Debian installation asks you if you want to "allow" root to log in you say "no"? Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. .....Henry David Thoreau *********************************************** Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic ----------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110520160406.429db75c@taowild

