Max Hyre wrote: > I've done a network install of etch (booting from > floppies), telling debconf to ask me low-priority questions, > and gotten locked out of root. In the [Setup users and > passwords] step, I'm asked ``Allow root login?'' Actually, you're asked: If you choose not to allow root to log in, then a user account will be created and given the power to become root using the 'sudo' command. Allow login as root? > I'm given no chance to specify a root password, and when > the installation is complete, I can't get into root. `su' > and `sudo' both ask for a password, but I have no idea what > it is, and <CR> doesn't do it. As documented in sudo's man page, use your user's password. -- see shy jo
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