From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HnTV3-0007g4-00 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 01:53:37 -0400 Received: (qmail 2264 invoked by uid 1000); 13 May 2007 22:52:09 -0700 Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 22:52:09 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Problem loggin asor ot Message-ID: <20070514055209.GA2225@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070514005508.9270.60096@biff.serotek.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070514005508.9270.60096@biff.serotek.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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 05:53:37 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fortunately, I haven't had to do anything like this, so what I'm about to describe hasn't been tested by me. However, your friend should be able to boot from a rescue cd of some sort, make sure that she's root on that cd, and mount her / partition somewhere. Then, chroot into that mount, and issue passwd. Like I said, I haven't done this myself, but it should work. Greg On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 08:55:08PM -0400, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFGR/kJ7s9z/XlyUyARAoNEAJiMM6eXuosUlG4lY6f/JCWY3vI9AJ43msHi mGTCd6LdLwku5k+LpLoVeQ== =Gfb4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----