Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-24 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:36:33PM -0600, Kevin Strong wrote: > Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the root > password but I can login using other users logins. Is there anything I can > do to regain the ability to login as root other than rebuilding the > server.Than

RE: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Panuganty, Ramesh wrote: > Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the > root password but I can login using other users logins. Is there > anything I can do to regain the ability to login as root other than > rebuilding the server.Thanks for the help

RE: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-19 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
-Original Message- From: Kevin Strong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:37 PM To: Debian User (E-mail) Subject: Cannot login using root password Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the root password but I can login using other users l

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Matthew Twomey wrote: > 1. Boot up from some other media that has it's own root partition and get > to a shell. I'm not sure what specifically Debian has for this, but > basically any Linux boot disk set will do. I think Debian's rescue disk will do this. If not, tomsrtbt wi

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-18 Thread Geoff D
--- Kevin Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian > system using the root > password but I can login using other users logins. > Is there anything I can > do to regain the ability to login as root other than > rebuilding the > server.Thanks for the

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-18 Thread timothy bauscher
> Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the > root > password but I can login using other users logins. Is there anything I > can > do to regain the ability to login as root other than rebuilding the > server.Thanks for the help in advance. http://qref.sourceforge.net/q

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-18 Thread Matthew Twomey
Unless you've left some backdoor for yourself (which would have been a bad idea anyway), you're left with booting from cdrom, or a resuce disk set. The basic procedure is as follows: 1. Boot up from some other media that has it's own root partition and get to a shell. I'm not sure what specifical

Re: Cannot login using root password

2002-03-18 Thread Sam Varghese
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:36:33PM -0600, Kevin Strong wrote: > Folks, I have a problem. I cannot login to my debian system using the root > password but I can login using other users logins. Is there anything I can > do to regain the ability to login as root other than rebuilding the > server.Than