On 26/06/13 03:11, SANG KIM wrote:
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.
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.
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.
How did you try to log in as root? Was it from the Desktop login, text
console or by ssh?
The desktop doesn't allow root logins, so you need to do it from a terminal.
The command to change a password is "passwd" it should be in /usr/bin.
--
Dom
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51ca7ef9.1030...@rpdom.net
