On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 23:08 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 15/03/14 22:58, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 22:53 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 15/03/14 22:43, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> On Saturday 15 March 2014 11:33:50 Tom Furie wrote: > >>>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 05:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>>>> If another OS had not been available but I knew the root > >>>>>> password, is there some way I could have gained access as root? > >>>>> > >>>>> If you remember the root password, than I don't understand your > >>>>> problem. > >>>> > >>>> My first instinct would be to suppose that he's disabled root > >>>> logins. > >>> > >>> Then, Tom, why has Richard got a root password for the system? Surely > >>> Debian only gives you the chance to set a root password if you enable > >>> root? > >> > >> 1++ > > > > Tom is smarter than we are, it's likely that his guess is correct. The > > OP confused the term for > > > > no root account, but the first user has got sudo admin super cow powers, > > with a pure and clean enabled root account. > > > > > > No root account? (Is that a joke?) > > I'm always learning and I'm keen to know how that is achieved - it > sounds very unlikely.... > > Would the rescue console still work? > > I suspect you mean "no root login to the GUI" - which still leaves > stopping the X Server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and logging in as root to > the console - or Ctrl+Alt+F2 and logging in as root to the vconsole.
:D I don't remember, perhaps I enabled a root account for this *buntu install: [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemd-nspawn -D /mnt/saucy Spawning container saucy on /mnt/saucy. Press ^] three times within 1s to abort execution. root@saucy:~# id rocketmouse uid=1000(rocketmouse) gid=1000(rocketmouse) groups=1000(rocketmouse),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),112(lpadmin),123(sambashare) root@saucy:~# id root uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) However, there might always be a root account, but login, even to a non-GUI terminal might be disabled ;). I don't know if my saucy install has got root login enabled, but I suspect I kept the *buntu defaults, without a root login. Take an educated guess, IMO Tom's assumption is correct. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394886003.3587.144.camel@archlinux