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 outdated version of Debian, with all the associated outdated 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.
