Re: [SOLVED!] mounting local hd from live usb, was 'root account inaccessible'

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Subject: Re: [SOLVED!] mounting local hd from live usb, was 'root account inaccessible'
From: John Aten <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:22:54 -0500
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After poring over the output of dmesg with guidance from Peter Zoeller, I got the idea that maybe the wheezy live system doesn't recognize or automatically mount the local drives by default. I downloaded Knoppix, and it worked wonderfully. It recognized the hd and mounted automatically, I was easily able to correct /etc/passwd, and that of course fixed the problem.

Thanks to everyone who helped me through this one!

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References:
- Re: login problems on change of default shell
  - From: Nemeth Gyorgy <friczy@freemail.hu>
- root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: John Aten <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com>
- Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
- Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: John Aten <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com>
- Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
- Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: John Aten <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com>
- Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
  - From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
- Re: mounting local hd from live usb, was 'root account inaccessible'
  - From: John Aten <welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com>
- Re: mounting local hd from live usb, was 'root account inaccessible'
  - From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>

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