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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin
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On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 20:17 +0100, =FFffffc1lvaro Castro wrote:
> Hello all!
>=20
> This is just a short question...
>=20
> Does anyone know why it doesn't allow me to log on my
> system?
> I just installed gentoo...
>=20
> I KNOW my password. And I also tried the 2 techniques
> for changing it (the init=3D"/bin/sh" in the bootloader
> and chrooting from the live-cd). I change them
> succesfully but it still doesn't work!
> It is reeeeeeeaally strange. Maybe because I don't
> have an alternative user created?
>=20
> Thank you very much!
>=20
>=20
> .alvaro.castro.

Have you run passwd for the root user while in the chroot environment?

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