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 <g...@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.
