Have you tried "Alt+F2"? Regards
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:21:02 +0000 Godzil <god...@godzil.net> wrote: > I think that you can use a standard passwd command with specificaly given > passwd/shadow files > > But passwd can also be edited by hand, you just need to add a new entry and a > not used uid, and the shadow file can also easily edited by hand, but you > will need to he sure that the password hash you add is correct. > > There is a way to have no password but I'll remember what to put in the > Shadow file, maybe an empty entry for the password, I'm not sure, I'll take a > look when I can, but I'm sure plenty of people would know here > > Good luck, > Manoël > > > Le 30 janv. 2016 à 17:24, Andrew Lowe <a...@wht.com.au> a écrit : > > > >> On 01/30/16 23:34, Godzil wrote: > >> So you can log from SSH or telnet but not the console? > >> > >> If not, I would check all the profile and bashrc files to be sure there is > >> nothing wrong there. > >> > >> If you can log from outside, could you have forbidden root to log from > >> tty0? > >> You should try adding another user connecting from outside, them log into > >> that user on the local screen, if it works that mean something prevent > >> root to log from the main terminal.. > >> > >> I hope that could help, > >> Manoël > > > > Manoel, > > No access from ssh. I had to physically remove the disk from the > > machine, place it in another, fiddle the shadow file, then replace it in > > the ARM machine. > > > > Do you know of any doco that explains how to add a user manually. By > > manually I mean that I will have to remove the disk, place it in another > > machine and then manually edit the appropriate files to add a new user. > > I have no idea as to what I need to fiddle. > > > > Andrew > > >
