On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > > root@localhost:~# > > > > At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no password > > required. > > > > Comments, questions, suggestions????? > > I don't know for sure (never used this option), but this sounds like you > left the root password blank during install.
Given the message from sulogin, this is highly likely. In fact, a certainty. You are given a root shell so it is not surprising apt-get works. > In such cases the root > account is locked and the user create during install is given sudo > powers. The sudo package is installed and the user added to group sudo. If "apt-get install gdm3" installed gd3 this is either a misobservetion or the discovery of a massive security problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121018122833.GA26295@desktop