Re: passwords
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, David B Wilson wrote:
> When I boot into Debian 1.3, it eventually prompts me for a password
> without ever having asked me for a login name. If I don't respond,
> it keeps prompting me.
>
> Also, when I initially installed, when I logged in as root, it
> prompted me for a new password. But no matter how many times I gave
> it a (good) password, it rejected it. Eventually I had to login
> via a different virtual console, and edit the /etc/passwd file with
> emacs. (I selected password shadowing during the install.)
Sounds like the 2nd problem caused the first. If the installation doesn't
complete, you get left with a bespoke version of /etc/inittab. I think you'll
see the real one with a similar name and you should rename them, updating
the new one with any changes you made to the old one. I don't know why
the 2nd problem occurred.
Cheers,
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David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
U.K. email: d.wright@open.ac.uk tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151
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