Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: >On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 11:20, Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: >> I can no longer log in. >> >> It starts to the graphical login screen. None of my credentials are accepted. >> >> "Login incorrect or forbidden by policy." >> >> At a text console, it says much the same: >> >> "Login incorrect or refused on this terminal." >> >> I guess I am stuck with reinstalling? > > Still poking at this. > > I booted in single-user mode. That works. > > I did `mount -a` and then tried to change root's password. > > It won't. It takes new one and confirmation and then says: > > Couldn't generate salt. > Unable to change auth token: Error in service module.
Did you check if the root filesystem was mounted read-only at this point?
