On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, David B Wilson wrote: > When I boot into Debian 1.3, it eventually prompts me for a password > without ever having asked me for a login name. If I don't respond, > it keeps prompting me. > > Also, when I initially installed, when I logged in as root, it > prompted me for a new password. But no matter how many times I gave > it a (good) password, it rejected it. Eventually I had to login > via a different virtual console, and edit the /etc/passwd file with > emacs. (I selected password shadowing during the install.)
Sounds like the 2nd problem caused the first. If the installation doesn't complete, you get left with a bespoke version of /etc/inittab. I think you'll see the real one with a similar name and you should rename them, updating the new one with any changes you made to the old one. I don't know why the 2nd problem occurred. Cheers, -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
