Re: password
On Sunday, April 03, 2022 11:19:52 PM David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 21:25:45 (-0400), Noah Sombrero wrote:
> > On Mon, 04 Apr 2022 03:10:01 +0200, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
> I've never installed any version of Debian without a root password
> over a period of 25 years, ie since buzz. I type it here:
@David -- I like what you did here (below) -- hopefully the OP will look at
the "screen shots" you posted and either say ~"yes, that's where I entered the
root password", or ~"I've never seen that screen before", either of which
would seem to give a clue to help track down what is going on.
> ┌──────────────────┤ [!!] Set up users and passwords
> ├──────────────────┐ │
> │ │ You need to set a password for 'root', the system
> administrative │ │ account. A malicious or unqualified user with root
> access can have │ │ disastrous results, so you should take care to
> choose a root password │ │ that is not easy to guess. It should not be a
> word found in │ │ dictionaries, or a word that could be easily
> associated with you. │ │
> │ │ A good password will contain a mixture of
> letters, numbers and │ │ punctuation and should be changed at
> regular intervals. │ │
> │ │ The root user should not have an empty
> password. If you leave this │ │ empty, the root account will be
> disabled and the system's initial │ │ user account will be given the
> power to become root using the "sudo" │ │ command.
> │ │
> │ │ Note that you will not be able to
> see the password as you type it. │ │
> │ │ Root password:
> │ │
> │ │
> _____________________________________________________________________ │ │
> │ │ [
> ] Show Password in Clear │ │
> │ │
> <Go Back> <Continue> │ │
> │
> └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>
> ┌────────────────┤ [!!] Set up users and passwords ├─────────────────┐
> │ │
> │ Please enter the same root password again to verify that you have │
> │ typed it correctly. │
> │ │
> │ Re-enter password to verify: │
> │ │
> │ __________________________________________________________________ │
> │ │
> │ [ ] Show Password in Clear │
> │ │
> │ <Go Back> <Continue> │
> │ │
> └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>
> and from then on, it just works.
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