Re: Debian 7.1 root password issue.
SANG KIM <sangkim8986 <at> msn.com> writes:
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> I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five
times. I've tried installing it with a root password created and without
and Debian still won't let me log in as root. It says "authentication
failed" after I type in the root password.
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> I've tried reinstalling it without creating a root password and it still
won't let me log in. I get the same message as before. I can log in as
another user, but not as root. I've checked the passwords entered and
every time the password is correct, but Debian says that it's not. How can
I fix these issues.
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> I've tried to use the password command to remove whatever password I
created/didn't create and I get an error message that the password command
cannot be found in BASH. Is there something wrong with the Debian 7.1? I
can't even install updates to the OS.
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> Thank you.
>
Log in with the user account. Left-click the user account name (upper
right corner), select system settings, select user, left-click Unlock.
Enter the root password. Change the user account to an administrator.
What a pita!
Regards,
MC
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