Hi Raquel, Are you trying to log in as root or as a regular user? Can you provide further detail about the error... In case you're having trouble attempting to login as root, you can run linux in single mode which will start as root, without asking any password. Restart the server, when the GRUB menu appears press 'e' over your kernel entry (If you have set a password for GRUB, press 'p' first enter the pass and then press 'e') add the word 'single' at the end of the line starting with kernel. It will look something like this: title .... root .... kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 Press ENTER to save the changes, then 'b' to boot debian using that entry. You'll get a root console, without being asked for a password. Set a new root password, make any config you need and restart. Regards, Ariel Raquel wrote: > I have an odd problem that's developed, and have spent all afternoon > trying to figure out what's going on. My web server (running Lenny) is > running and serving pages. However, I cannot login to the server via > SSH or at the console, which means that I cannot apply updates, change > configuration, or even get in to figure out what's going on. > > Any ideas on what happened or on how to get in? I have access to the > physical machine. >
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