RE: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-03 Thread Wayne Hartell
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 2/2/15, Wayne Hartell wrote: > > Michael Collins wrote: > > > >> Log in with the user account. Left-click the user account name > >> (upper right corner), select system settings, select user, left-click > >> Unlock. > >> Enter the root password. Change the user

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 2/2/15, Wayne Hartell wrote: > Michael Collins wrote: > >> Log in with the user account. Left-click the user account name (upper >> right corner), select system settings, select user, left-click Unlock. >> Enter the root password. Change the user account to an administrator. >> > > As a new

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Wayne Hartell wrote: > As a new Linux/Debian user I have been doing the "not recommended" > thing (at least I think it says it's not recommended; it has been a > while since my last install) thing of not setting a password for > root. That way there's no hoops to jump through to the installer > put

RE: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-02 Thread Wayne Hartell
Michael Collins wrote: > SANG KIM msn.com> writes: > > > > I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five > times. I've tried installing it with a root password created and without and > Debian still won't let me log in as root. It says "authentication failed" > after I t

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 02 February 2015 14:17:30 Michael Collins wrote: > SANG KIM msn.com> writes: > > I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five > > times.  I've tried installing it with a root password created and without > and Debian still won't let me log in as root.  It says "auth

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-02 Thread Michael Collins
SANG KIM msn.com> writes: > > I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five times.  I've tried installing it with a root password created and without and Debian still won't let me log in as root.  It says "authentication failed" after I type in the root password.  >   >

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2013-06-26 Thread Slavko
Dňa 26.06.2013 04:11 SANG KIM wrote / napísal(a): > I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five times. > I've tried installing it with a root password created and without and Debian > still won't let me log in as root. It says "authentication failed" after I > type in t

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2013-06-25 Thread Dom
On 26/06/13 03:11, SANG KIM wrote: I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five times. I've tried installing it with a root password created and without and Debian still won't let me log in as root. It says "authentication failed" after I type in the root password. I've

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2013-06-25 Thread Pablo Alejandro Hamann
El 25/06/13 23:11, SANG KIM escribió: > ied to use the password command to remove whatever password I > created/didn't create and I get an error message that the password > command cannot be found in BASH. Is there Hello SANG KIM. Never happen to me. But, when you login with a user account, you

Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2013-06-25 Thread SANG KIM
I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five times. I've tried installing it with a root password created and without and Debian still won't let me log in as root. It says "authentication failed" after I type in the root password. I've tried reinstalling it without