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 sangkim8986 at 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

RE: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2015-02-02 Thread Wayne Hartell
Michael Collins wrote: SANG KIM sangkim8986 at 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

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Jean-Marc
Using this, you will know what you can do. Some times ago, I read an interesting article about reseting root password: http://www.iodigitalsec.com/reset-linux-root-password/ You can first try to stop the bootloader in its initial phase and pass /bin/sh as initial program instead of /sbin/init

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:47:08PM +0100, mrr wrote: On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread mrr
On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories)

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by

problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Comer Duncan
I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by repeated complaints that the system password I used was not correct,

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Comer Duncan wrote: However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by repeated complaints that the system password I used was not correct, I now find that I can not get logged in in

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to

Root password

2014-03-31 Thread Garacciolo Marcelo
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Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:09 PM, anx_dev ispma...@gmail.com wrote: Since the change for pkexec, Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. This is _very_ cumbersome if you have to admin several machines with a central NIS for users and allowing only the user sitting on the

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 20:34 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I have also had this problem for a while - I thought it was related to Mate which I run. gksudo will run it here...but pkexec will not. I don't know

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:09 AM, anx_dev ispma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since the change for pkexec, Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. This is _very_ cumbersome if you have to admin several machines with a central NIS for users and allowing only the user

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread anx_dev
Em terça-feira, 22 de outubro de 2013 22h30min02s UTC-2, Ralf Mardorf escreveu: On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 16:09 -0700, anx_dev wrote: Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. Does it work if you use gksudo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread anx_dev
Em quarta-feira, 23 de outubro de 2013 09h00min02s UTC-2, Tom H escreveu: On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:09 PM, anx_dev ispma...@gmail.com wrote: Since the change for pkexec, Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. This is _very_ cumbersome if you have to admin

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-23 Thread anx_dev
Em terça-feira, 22 de outubro de 2013 23h00min02s UTC-2, Ralf Mardorf escreveu: On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 20:34 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I have also had this problem for a while - I thought it was related to Mate which I run. gksudo will run it here...but pkexec will not. I

Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-22 Thread anx_dev
Hi all, Since the change for pkexec, Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. This is _very_ cumbersome if you have to admin several machines with a central NIS for users and allowing only the user sitting on the machine to have sudo on _that_ machine. Should I report a

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 16:09 -0700, anx_dev wrote: Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. Does it work if you use gksudo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-22 Thread Frank McCormick
On 22/10/13 08:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 16:09 -0700, anx_dev wrote: Synaptic cannot be started with a user with sudo privileges. Does it work if you use gksudo? I have also had this problem for a while - I thought it was related to Mate which I run. gksudo will

Re: Start Synaptic with user password (NOT root password)

2013-10-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-10-22 at 20:34 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I have also had this problem for a while - I thought it was related to Mate which I run. gksudo will run it here...but pkexec will not. I don't know pkexec. Does it allow something gksudo doesn't allow? If there should be the need to

preseed root password with !

2013-07-16 Thread ML mail
Hello, I would like to have the root password set to ! in order to disable it. For that I found the following documentation in the Debian installation guide: The passwd/root-password-crypted and passwd/user-password-crypted variables can also be preseeded with “!” as their value. In that case

Re: preseed root password with !

2013-07-16 Thread Tom H
I would like to have the root password set to ! in order to disable it. For that I found the following documentation in the Debian installation guide: The passwd/root-password-crypted and passwd/user-password-crypted variables can also be preseeded with “!” as their value. In that case

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

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

Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.

2013-06-25 Thread Pablo Alejandro Hamann
don tried to probe with: $ su - And if you start with a liveCD/USB for make a chroot to the previously installed Debian and try to change the root password from outside?: # mkdir /target # mount /dev/installed-linux-partitition /target # mount --bind /dev /target/dev # mount --bind /proc /target

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: root password

2013-04-12 Thread Chris Bannister
: my system 6.0.7 does notm recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? There has already been one good reply to your question, did you not see it? -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who

Re: root password

2013-04-12 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
inputted during the install is not what you really meant. Or if you have access to sudo, you can run sudo passwd. That will change the root password. Hope that helps. Guido Or you can boot using init=/bin/bash, you'll need to change the init string in your bootloader. Regards, Alex

root password

2013-04-11 Thread Robert B McKittrick
my system 6.0.7 does notm recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

root password

2013-04-11 Thread Robert B McKittrick
my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:44:27PM -0400, Robert B McKittrick wrote: my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? bob Yes. First of all, how are you attempting to use the root password? SSH is usually

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Thierry Chatelet
The Wednesday 27 March 2013 17:44:27, Robert B McKittrick wrote : my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? bob What about a on the net, something like lost root password debian? It would have give you

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Apr 2013, Darac Marjal wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:44:27PM -0400, Robert B McKittrick wrote: my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? bob Yes. First of all, how are you attempting

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Gary Dale
On 27/03/13 12:44 PM, Robert B McKittrick wrote: my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? bob Boot from a rescue CD (such as your install CD, or system rescue CD). mkdir /mnt (if it doesn't exist) mount

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert B McKittrick wrote: my system 6.0.7 does not recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any way to reset root without reinstalling? Use the installer disk in rescue mode. Here is the official documentation for it: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Guido Martínez
meant. Or if you have access to sudo, you can run sudo passwd. That will change the root password. Hope that helps. Guido On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Robert B McKittrick mckitt1...@gmail.com wrote: my system 6.0.7 does notm recognize the root password I gave it when installing. is there any

Re: root password

2013-04-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
that what you inputted during the install is not what you really meant. Or if you have access to sudo, you can run sudo passwd. That will change the root password. Hope that helps. Guido On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Robert B McKittrick mckitt1...@gmail.com wrote: my system 6.0.7 does

KDE4 - wrong root password?

2013-03-14 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi folks, since some time I discovered a strange behaviour. Whenever I want to kill a process, or need root privileges (i.e. with kdesu) and I need to enter my root password, this is not accepted. But - when I use the password of the user I am working with in this cases, it will work

Re: KDE4 - wrong root password?

2013-03-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 14/03/13 04:57 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hi folks, since some time I discovered a strange behaviour. Whenever I want to kill a process, or need root privileges (i.e. with kdesu) and I need to enter my root password, this is not accepted. But - when I use the password of the user I am

Re: KDE4 - wrong root password?

2013-03-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 21:57 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hi folks, since some time I discovered a strange behaviour. Whenever I want to kill a process, or need root privileges (i.e. with kdesu) and I need to enter my root password, this is not accepted. But - when I use

Re: KDE4 - wrong root password?

2013-03-14 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: since some time I discovered a strange behaviour. Whenever I want to kill a process, or need root privileges (i.e. with kdesu) and I need to enter my root password, this is not accepted. But - when I use

Re: Root password usage - was [Re: Intermittent installation related problems]

2012-06-22 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:31:31 -0500 Mark Allums m...@allums.com napísal: If you gave root a password during install, then you should if you was used national keyboard (i don't know how it is in english) for root password, you can go to problems, because installer do not follow

Re: Root password usage - was [Re: Intermittent installation related problems]

2012-06-22 Thread Tom H
that in Ubuntu is possible, but requires some fiddling and is not generally regarded as worth the effort. (Ubuntu sets the root password hash to an impossible value at install, making root login impossible until you change it. After you do that, all of the various system defaults assume sudo

Root password usage - was [Re: Intermittent installation related problems]

2012-06-21 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: But ;) The new install will not accept root password. User password is fine. That may be intended. I don't think Debian (out of the box) allows root to log

Re: Root password usage - was [Re: Intermittent installation related problems]

2012-06-21 Thread Mark Allums
On 6/21/2012 9:58 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Brian wrote: On Thu 21 Jun 2012 at 13:55:49 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:37:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: But ;) The new install will not accept root password. User password is fine. That may be intended. I don't

Re: ftp root password

2010-08-31 Thread Davide Baldini
You wouldn't fix it. if you want to upload files to a restricted directory you could add your account to root group and allow it to write the directory, or you could set a new account specific for ftp maintenance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: ftp root password

2010-08-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Jordon Bedwell put forth on 8/26/2010 11:27 PM: On 8/26/2010 11:25 PM, J.H.Kim wrote: Hi, everyone My root password, for exmple, is 1234. When I do ftp to my debian, the password 1234 for root account is not permitted. Other user account is well operated with ftp. How can I fix

ftp root password

2010-08-26 Thread J.H.Kim
Hi, everyone My root password, for exmple, is 1234. When I do ftp to my debian, the password 1234 for root account is not permitted. Other user account is well operated with ftp. How can I fix it? Thanks in advance. J.Hwan Kim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: ftp root password

2010-08-26 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On 8/26/2010 11:25 PM, J.H.Kim wrote: Hi, everyone My root password, for exmple, is 1234. When I do ftp to my debian, the password 1234 for root account is not permitted. Other user account is well operated with ftp. How can I fix it? Thanks in advance. J.Hwan Kim 1.) You did not give us

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-24 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 23 May 2010, Johan Kullstam wrote: Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk writes: On 23 May 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi Mitchell, You might add == |su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin| == in /etc/inittab. But why was the OP getting the message in the first place? A

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-05-23 06:08 +0200, Mitchell Laks wrote: I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue during reboot of the system. It would occur after the boot messages starting NFS (... etc

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-24 Thread Tom H
Mitchell Laks wrote: I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue during reboot of the system. It would occur after the boot messages starting NFS (... etc) ... starting sessions setting console

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system: Solved!

2010-05-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
Thank you all for your gracious help. You were right. The default entry in grub (modified in /etc/default/grub and then running upgrade-grub) had shifted down one entry to the single user mode entry. restoring the correct default entry in /etc/default/grub and running upgrade-grub solved my

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system: Solved!

2010-05-24 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Mitchell Laks ml...@post.harvard.edu wrote: Thank you all for your gracious help. You were right. The default entry in grub (modified in /etc/default/grub and then running upgrade-grub) had shifted down one entry to the single user mode entry. restoring

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-23 Thread Merciadri Luca
Hi Mitchell, You might add == |su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin| == in /etc/inittab. Mitchell Laks wrote: Hi, I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue during reboot of the system. It would occur

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-23 Thread Merciadri Luca
Please do not take into accounts the two `|' which were unfortunately inserted at the beginning and at the end of the line of code. Mitchell Laks wrote: Hi, I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 23 May 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi Mitchell, You might add == |su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin| == in /etc/inittab. But why was the OP getting the message in the first place? A couple of weeks ago I was also getting it and then it went away as mysteriously as it came. --

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-23 Thread Merciadri Luca
It might be a security policy, for him, that changed without realizing it. But, for you, I don't know. I would be interested in knowing why such things happen. Anthony Campbell wrote: On 23 May 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi Mitchell, You might add == |su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin| == in

Re: Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-23 Thread Johan Kullstam
Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk writes: On 23 May 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi Mitchell, You might add == |su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin| == in /etc/inittab. But why was the OP getting the message in the first place? A couple of weeks ago I was also getting it and then it

Give root password for maintence during every boot of system

2010-05-22 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I run debian sid. Sometime ago my system began to give me the message Give root password for maintainance or type Control_D to continue during reboot of the system. It would occur after the boot messages starting NFS (... etc) ... starting sessions setting console screen modes initilizing

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Biebl
louish wrote: On 8/9/09, Michael wrote: (Sorry for the delayed reply.) LH wrote: What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536490

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-10 Thread louish
On 8/9/09, Michael wrote: (Sorry for the delayed reply.) LH wrote: What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536490 That appears to solve

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-08 Thread Michael Biebl
Louis Housman wrote: What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536490 -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life

Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-07 Thread Louis Housman
-authorization) via this method. Polkit demands a root password. What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know this is possible since this is how Ubuntu does it. Ubuntu allows the blessed user (the user granted admin

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-07 Thread Ron Johnson
System / Authorizations (polkit-gnome-authorization) via this method. Polkit demands a root password. What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know this is possible since this is how Ubuntu does it. Ubuntu

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-07 Thread Louis Housman
want is the convenience of having to remember two different passwords (root and $USER). So, no, I don't want the bathwater (all the other Ubuntu changes) with the baby (sudo-style sysadministration). So the question remains. How do I configure polkit without a root password? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 11:53:17AM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: make sure the keyboard works normally. Try typing a few minutes with a live CD. You can reset the password by: appending init=/bin/bash to boot parameter remount root directory # mount -o remount,rw / reset root's

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread Manuel Gómez
Hi again, well, it's very strange, i start the system in single mode and it ask for a root password, AND the password works! I reboot but when i type the new password that i have put for the root, it's doesn't works (the old password still doesn't works neither). I have tested everything: modify

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 16:09:55 +, Manuel Gómez wrote: Hi again, well, it's very strange, i start the system in single mode and it ask for a root password, AND the password works! I reboot but when i type the new password that i have put for the root, it's doesn't works (the old

RE: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread paul
] Hi again, well, it's very strange, i start the system in single mode and it ask for a root password, AND the password works! ] Debain disros do not normally allow root from the gnome GUI. Are you failing log-in at the Gnome prompt, as root? To do that requires a change to the settings. I

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread Manuel Gómez
. Thank you very much. 2008/11/8 paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Hi again, well, it's very strange, i start the system in single mode and it ask for a root password, AND the password works! ] Debain disros do not normally allow root from the gnome GUI. Are you failing log-in at the Gnome prompt

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 07:29:25PM +0100, Manuel Gómez wrote: At last i know what's going out! My partitions are: / - nosuid /var -nodev /usr -nodev /tmp - nodev,nosuid Have i made any mistake? When i create / and install debian in it works. But it's strange, when i install Debian the

Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-07 Thread Manuel Gómez
Hi, i am on Debian Etch since january, but when i have installed the last release of Debian Etch (last month) the root password doesn't works. No matter how many times i try, it says password incorrect. So, I reinstalled the OS four times and its says the same. Why this happens? What could i do

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-07 Thread lee
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:02:45 + Manuel Gómez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i am on Debian Etch since january, but when i have installed the last release of Debian Etch (last month) the root password doesn't works. No matter how many times i try, it says password incorrect. So, I reinstalled

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 22:02:45 +, Manuel Gómez wrote: Hi, i am on Debian Etch since january, but when i have installed the last release of Debian Etch (last month) the root password doesn't works. No matter how many times i try, it says password incorrect. So, I reinstalled the OS four

Re: Debian Etch Installation. Root password doesn't works, why?

2008-11-07 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
PROTECTED] On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 22:02:45 +, Manuel Gómez wrote: Hi, i am on Debian Etch since january, but when i have installed the last release of Debian Etch (last month) the root password doesn't works. No matter how many times i try, it says password incorrect. So, I reinstalled

adduser / chfn asking for root password

2007-11-29 Thread Pigeon
When I try to add a new user, adduser is calling chfn in such a way as to cause chfn to ask for the root password. Output from adduser looks like this: # adduser test Adding user test' ... Adding new group test' (1010) ... Adding new user test' (1010) with group test' ... The home directory /home

root Password geht bei manchen Apps nicht mehr

2006-10-16 Thread David Burau
Hi, ich staune ja etwas, was es immer wieder für Probleme gibt. System : Etch 2.6.18.1 Ich kann nicht mehr mittels kdesu root werden. Ich bekomme die Melduing, dass das Password falsch sein, obwohl des definitiv richtig ist. Anmelden in der konsole und per su geht auch noch. Auch mysqladmin

Re: root Password geht bei manchen Apps nicht mehr

2006-10-16 Thread Andreas Pakulat
On 17.10.06 00:40:00, David Burau wrote: ich staune ja etwas, was es immer wieder für Probleme gibt. Ich staune auch immer wieder, dass Sid/Testing-User das Archiv nicht durchsucht bekommen ;) Schau einfach mal rein, das hatten wir hier grade (Tipp: Such nach kdesu) Der Fehler trat auch, nach

Re: root Password geht bei manchen Apps nicht mehr

2006-10-16 Thread David Burau
Andreas Pakulat schrieb: On 17.10.06 00:40:00, David Burau wrote: ich staune ja etwas, was es immer wieder für Probleme gibt. Ich staune auch immer wieder, dass Sid/Testing-User das Archiv nicht durchsucht bekommen ;) Viel mir just in dem Moment ein, als ich die Mail abgeschickt hatte ;-)

Debian-Sarge CEBIT-Edition: wrong or no root-password ?

2006-04-18 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I tried to install Debian-Sarge from the Debian-CD I got on the CEBIT in Hannover (is it out of the magazine LINUX ? ) However, everything went fine, but I got no way to become root. The password is not known, and at installation process it is not been asked. So I

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-31 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Zouari Fourat wrote: Is there a case were the root password is unrecoverable. Or is there any possibility to let a root password unresetable ? Am just thinking .. There are two possibilities: Either prevent _all_ physical access to the hardware, or encrypt all file systems. As long

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-31 Thread Zouari Fourat
how can we encode filesystems ? On 3/31/06, Dennis Stosberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zouari Fourat wrote: Is there a case were the root password is unrecoverable. Or is there any possibility to let a root password unresetable ? Am just thinking .. There are two possibilities: Either

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-31 Thread Chris Lale
Zouari Fourat wrote: Hello, I've got debian sarge installed and i've lost my root's password, how to reset it ? Try Florian's earlier post: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg01320.html Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-31 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Zouari Fourat wrote: how can we encode filesystems ? With loop-AES or dm-crypt. But please note that both are not trivial to set up and that you'll have to understand what you're doing. The Disk Encryption HOWTO [1] and the loop-AES README [2] may be good starting points. If you have

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-31 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Zouari Fourat wrote: how can we encode filesystems ? With loop-AES or dm-crypt. But both are not trivial to use and you'll have to know what you are doing if you really want to secure your system. The Disk Encryption HOWTO [1] and the loop-AES README [2] may be good starting points. If you

lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-30 Thread Zouari Fourat
Hello, I've got debian sarge installed and i've lost my root's password, how to reset it ?

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-30 Thread Kent West
Zouari Fourat wrote: Hello, I've got debian sarge installed and i've lost my root's password, how to reset it ? This is probably found via google fairly easily, as it comes up fairly often. A couple of quick possibilities: 1) Boot off a live CD like Knoppix, mount the / partition as

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-30 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:10:48PM +0200, Zouari Fourat wrote: Hello, I've got debian sarge installed and i've lost my root's password, how to reset it ? Look at: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s-crackroot -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-30 Thread Zouari Fourat
thanks for helping Is there a case were the root password is unrecoverable. Or is there any possibility to let a root password unresetable ? Am just thinking .. On 3/31/06, Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:10:48PM +0200, Zouari Fourat wrote: Hello, I've got

Re: lost my root password, howto ?

2006-03-30 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 01:04:00AM +0200, Zouari Fourat wrote: thanks for helping Is there a case were the root password is unrecoverable. Or is there any possibility to let a root password unresetable ? Am just thinking .. On 3/31/06, Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 30

lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Matt Price
Hi folks, a while ago I switched over to mysql-5.0, then forgot about it entirely. Now I'm back to configuring some programs that use mysql, and... I can't seem to login as root or any other user. One option is just that I've forgotten all my passwords (it's been a while since I used any of

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread anoop aryal
On Friday 03 March 2006 09:49 am, Matt Price wrote: Hi folks, a while ago I switched over to mysql-5.0, then forgot about it entirely. Now I'm back to configuring some programs that use mysql, and... I can't seem to login as root or any other user. One option is just that I've forgotten

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
On 3/3/06, Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, a while ago I switched over to mysql-5.0, then forgot about it entirely. Now I'm back to configuring some programs that use mysql, and... I can't seem to login as root or any other user. Hi, take a look at:

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Matt Price
Thanks everyone for your help, see below for more: On 3/3/06, anoop aryal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 03 March 2006 09:49 am, Matt Price wrote: Hi folks, a while ago I switched over to mysql-5.0, then forgot about it entirely. Now I'm back to configuring some programs that use

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread anoop aryal
On Friday 03 March 2006 02:20 pm, Matt Price wrote: Thanks everyone for your help, see below for more: On 3/3/06, anoop aryal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 03 March 2006 09:49 am, Matt Price wrote: Hi folks, a while ago I switched over to mysql-5.0, then forgot about it

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Matt Price
do: select hex(User) from user where User LIKE 'root%'; that should give you the hex values of the characters that are there. have all four. I guess there must be some white space in the username somewhere. Is there an easy way to identify the precise value of a mysql field (e.g.

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread anoop aryal
On Friday 03 March 2006 03:12 pm, Matt Price wrote: do: select hex(User) from user where User LIKE 'root%'; that should give you the hex values of the characters that are there. have all four. I guess there must be some white space in the username somewhere. Is there an easy

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Nevruz Mesut Sahin
maybe you are not using linux debian distribution. So this way is geereal way. You can setup same version of mysql in an other machine create new mysql root password there and copy. all files under (if your mysql datadir is an other location, look the place of it from /etc/my.cnf ) /var/lib

Re: lost mysql root password

2006-03-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 March 2006 17:08, anoop aryal wrote: On Friday 03 March 2006 03:12 pm, Matt Price wrote: do: select hex(User) from user where User LIKE 'root%'; that should give you the hex values of the characters that are there. have all four. I guess there must be some white

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