Re: Unstable Update Caused Issue?
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:43:34 +0530, Hrishikesh Murali in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
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> Hi,
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> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, S. Fishpaste
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>> Upon restart this morning the system doesn't accept either my root or user
>> credentials.
>> Any suggestions on fixing this? Thanks!
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> Well, during boot up, in the grub menu :
> 1) Press 'e' in either of the options.
> 2) Go to the kernel menu item and again press 'e'.
> 3) Press 'end' and then remove 'ro single' or 'ro quiet splash' depending on
> the menu item you selected, and type 'rw init=/bin/bash'.
> 4) Now, press 'b' and let it boot. You will get a root shell. Now, type
> 'passwd' and change the password.
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> These steps are clearly available if you go to google and type 'reset debian
> root password'. No offense, but next time please check upon the topic on the
> internet or atleast google and then ask a question in the mailing list.
Yes I did and usually do; For some reason I was unable to find the correct
query phrase (usually happens when one is in a panic lol) hence no useable
results, unfortunately. 8-)
I thank-you very much for your accurate answer, kind sir!
Now I wonder if I was the only one hit with this occurence, after updating
unstable recently ...
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Regards,
S. Fishpaste
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