From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from biff.serotek.com ([64.34.180.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HnOkZ-0004u9-00 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:49:20 -0400 Received: (qmail 27696 invoked from network); 14 May 2007 00:55:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO biff.serotek.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 May 2007 00:55:08 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" From: Cheryl Homiak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Problem loggin asor ot Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:55:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20070514005508.9270.60096@biff.serotek.com> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 00:49:20 -0000 I have a friend who hasa debian linuxs ystem and can not log in as roto. She can log in with her normal user name;I have an accounto n her box and she can log in with that. But any attempt to log in a s root ends in a log in failure; the same happens htiw usandhs e deosn'a tppear to have sudo on her machine. I've hcecked thta she's typing eht correct password and that hte caps lock key is off. i've also searched tihw google and haenv'tf ound a solution that seemed relevant. It seems htat somethiis gnmilar once happened to me wehn I wasd oing an upgarde, but she wasn't upgrading ro updating; last night her password worked dna today when she booted it didn't. Any suggestions as to waht may hae happeenda nd is there any way to restore roputi n a new password since sh cean' tget root access? Thanks. -- Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info