Re: Debian 8

[David <david.g_jones@ntlworld.com>]

On Thu, 2022-09-29 at 10:22 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2022-09-29 at 10:09, David wrote:
> 
> > I have loaded Debian 8 on to a 64 bit pc.
> 
> Why? The current release is Debian 11, and Debian 8 is old enough
> that
> I'd be surprised if it were getting any support at all. Is there some
> specific purpose for which you specifically need to install/run an
> outdated version of Debian, with all the associated outdated
> software?
> 
> > Everything went well until I came to configure it, the local screen
> > is blank,
> 
> That suggests a video-driver problem. If you get display at the GRUB
> menu, there are kernel command-line options you might try, but the
> exact
> ones you'd need may vary depending on the video hardware you're
> using.
> 
> > but if I SSH into the box it works. But I can only logon as a user.
> 
> That's a security feature; by default (there's a config-file option
> to
> change this), the SSH daemon won't accept remote login attempts for
> root.
> 
> > I need to be able to logon as root to make changes. I've tried
> > sudu, 
> > but as the sudo program has not been loaded I cant.
> > 
> > Can any body suggest how to logon as root.
> 
> At first blush:
> 
> Log in as a non-root user.
> 
> Run the command 'su -'.
> 
> Enter the root password.
> 
> 
> If you don't know the root password, then unless you can get into
> that
> hard drive and set the password by another means (attach it to
> another
> computer, boot to another *nix install, become root, chroot into the
> hard drive, and run 'passwd'? or do a rescue-environment live-media
> boot
> without moving the drive between computers, and chroot in the same
> way?), you're probably SOL and will need to reinstall, making
> different
> choices so that sudo is present and enabled.
> 
Thanks everybody, I am now logged in as root.

The reason for Debian 8 is the software I want to run on it.

David.