On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:21:27PM +0000, Tom Furie wrote: > It does seem much more likely that Scott is correct and root logins are > only disabled at the graphical login - as Scott says, that is the > default configuration - in which case Richard should be able to > ctrl-alt-Fn to a virtual console, ctrl-alt-bspace to kill the X server > (though I think that's disabled since the last few releases), or boot > into recovery mode. Having gone back to re-read Richard's original post, he does state that he was bringing up an install without GUI. Which poses the question "why not just log in as root to get the user name?" unless root logins are disabled, which leads us back to how he has a root password in that case. Without further input from Richard we have no way of knowing for certain what the exact situation is. Cheers, Tom -- Once upon a time there was a kingdom ruled by a great bear. The peasants were not very rich, and one of the few ways to become at all wealthy was to become a Royal Knight. This required an interview with the bear. If the bear liked you, you were knighted on the spot. If not, the bear would just as likely remove your head with one swat of a paw. However, the family of these unfortunate would-be knights was compensated with a beautiful sheepdog from the royal kennels, which was itself a fairly valuable possession. And the moral of the story is: The mourning after a terrible knight, nothing beats the dog of the bear that hit you.
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