Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
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Thursday 05 June 2003 05:08 pm
> > Any ideas on how to solve this issue?
>
> This should work:
> 1. Boot up from Live-cd
> 2. Mount and cdroot to your root-partition
> 3. Change passwd for root
> 4. Unmount and reboot
>
Too complicated. Just boot with init=/bin/sh and change the [EMAIL PROTECTED] passwd.
Norberto
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Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
Right, that is usually what happens. Logout as user and back in as root. Then set the permissions backup again. On Thursday 05 June 2003 05:25 pm, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > I had this problem a while back. It was that I was removed from teh wheel > group. I could log on to root in a console, but not su. Try it. > > HTH > Mike > > On Thursday 05 June 2003 06:14 pm, Eric Marchionni wrote: > > hi > > > > i think you should report this to the gentoo bugs team. > > otherwise more people will also experience this problem... > > > > regards, > > eric > > > > Mike Arrison wrote: > > > Paulo, > > > I had this problem too. It came from not being careful enough with > > > the etc-update procedure after upgrading dhcp. I believe that one > > > of the versions of dhcp overwrites the /etc/passwd and|or > > > /etc/group files. This is _very_ bad. Either, your root user got > > > blown away, or, more likely, you got kicked out of the wheel group in > > > the /etc/group file. If you have a backup of /etc/group and > > > /etc/passwd I'd recommend finding the effected lines. > > > > > > -Mike Arrison > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > > >>Hi all, > > >> > > >>I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - > > >>root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged > > >>dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as > > >>root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. I've > > >>tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, I'm > > >>surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. > > >> > > >>Any ideas on how to solve this issue? > > >> > > >>Best regards, > > >> > > >>Paulo J Matos > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
I had this problem a while back. It was that I was removed from teh wheel group. I could log on to root in a console, but not su. Try it. HTH Mike On Thursday 05 June 2003 06:14 pm, Eric Marchionni wrote: > hi > > i think you should report this to the gentoo bugs team. > otherwise more people will also experience this problem... > > regards, > eric > > Mike Arrison wrote: > > Paulo, > > I had this problem too. It came from not being careful enough with > > the etc-update procedure after upgrading dhcp. I believe that one > > of the versions of dhcp overwrites the /etc/passwd and|or /etc/group > > files. This is _very_ bad. Either, your root user got blown away, > > or, more likely, you got kicked out of the wheel group in the > > /etc/group file. If you have a backup of /etc/group and /etc/passwd > > I'd recommend finding the effected lines. > > > > -Mike Arrison > > > > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - > >>root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged > >>dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as > >>root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. I've > >>tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, I'm > >>surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. > >> > >>Any ideas on how to solve this issue? > >> > >>Best regards, > >> > >>Paulo J Matos > >> > >> > >>-- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Michael W. Holdeman Why keep payin g for windoze?? Powered by Gentoo Linux 1.2 www.gentoo.org Linux Kernel 2.4.20 lowlatency, preemptable Windows Apps thanks to Win4Lin 4.0 www.netraverse.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
hi i think you should report this to the gentoo bugs team. otherwise more people will also experience this problem... regards, eric Mike Arrison wrote: Paulo, I had this problem too. It came from not being careful enough with the etc-update procedure after upgrading dhcp. I believe that one of the versions of dhcp overwrites the /etc/passwd and|or /etc/group files. This is _very_ bad. Either, your root user got blown away, or, more likely, you got kicked out of the wheel group in the /etc/group file. If you have a backup of /etc/group and /etc/passwd I'd recommend finding the effected lines. -Mike Arrison On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Paulo J. Matos wrote: Hi all, I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. I've tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, I'm surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. Any ideas on how to solve this issue? Best regards, Paulo J Matos -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
--NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paulo, I had this problem too. It came from not being careful enough with the etc-update procedure after upgrading dhcp. I believe that one of the versions of dhcp overwrites the /etc/passwd and|or /etc/group files. This is _very_ bad. Either, your root user got blown away, or, more likely, you got kicked out of the wheel group in the /etc/group file. If you have a backup of /etc/group and /etc/passwd I'd recommend finding the effected lines. -Mike Arrison On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Paulo J. Matos wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - > root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged > dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as > root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. I've > tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, I'm > surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. >=20 > Any ideas on how to solve this issue? >=20 > Best regards, >=20 > Paulo J Matos >=20 >=20 > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+36/w1NmL0av6/DARAth9AJ0WcdKGB4DASHceFRB2r9f4KlKYfgCg7CDR p3i1SFMLVSX0CkE5A8pnMfk= =/bVR -END PGP SIGNATURE- --NzB8fVQJ5HfG6fxh--
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
Thanks all for all your help. I did this and now I'm able to login as root again. :) Best regards, Paulo Matos > > __ > > From: Patrick Börjesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems > Date: 05 Jun 2003 22:08:05 +0200 > > > I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - > > root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged > > dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as > > root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. > > I've tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, > > I'm surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. > > > > Any ideas on how to solve this issue? > > This should work: > 1. Boot up from Live-cd > 2. Mount and cdroot to your root-partition > 3. Change passwd for root > 4. Unmount and reboot > > If this doesn't work something is seriously wrong. > > Patrick Börjesson > > -- > Public key id: 4C5AB0BF > Public key available at search.keyserver.net[:11371] > > __ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
> I have Gentoo Linux installed in my PC and today I did as usually su - > root to change to root. I entered the password for root, and emerged > dhcp. After that I exited root and since then I was enable to enter as > root. It's just not accepting my password, which is extremely odd. > I've tried a hundred times already and I know the correct password, > I'm surely not wrong and caps lock is just ok. > > Any ideas on how to solve this issue? This should work: 1. Boot up from Live-cd 2. Mount and cdroot to your root-partition 3. Change passwd for root 4. Unmount and reboot If this doesn't work something is seriously wrong. Patrick Börjesson -- Public key id: 4C5AB0BF Public key available at search.keyserver.net[:11371] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Root user password problems
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Norberto BENSA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ date ; echo ${Patrick Börjesson}
> Thursday 05 June 2003 05:08 pm
>
> > > Any ideas on how to solve this issue?
> >
> > This should work:
> > 1. Boot up from Live-cd
> > 2. Mount and cdroot to your root-partition
> > 3. Change passwd for root
> > 4. Unmount and reboot
> >
>
> Too complicated. Just boot with init=/bin/sh and change the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> passwd.
no, use init=/bin/sash instead.. /bin/sh is dynamically linked. sash is
statically linked.. not important in this case, but generally a safer
bet in case of system hosage ;)
//Spider
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