From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EcplH-00073Z-Cs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:49:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAHJlYrA023843; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:47:34 GMT Received: from varg.kjorling.com (varg.kjorling.com [213.88.238.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAHJbq6F024069 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:37:52 GMT Received: by varg.kjorling.com (Postfix, from userid 201) id D6170441; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:37:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vuk (1-1-3-28a.sde.skv.bostream.se [82.183.192.131]) by varg.kjorling.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF183EB for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:37:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:37:56 +0000 From: Michael Kjorling To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin Message-ID: <437cdc14.6c9b97a4@vuk.kjorling.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20051117191724.24359.qmail@web25609.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051117191724.24359.qmail@web25609.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4-gr0 (2005-06-05) on varg.kjorling.com X-Spam-Status: Level=(-4.4), IsSpam=No, Host=varg.kjorling.com (SA 3.0.4-gr0) X-Archives-Salt: 3c00d216-5831-463e-81e0-ab71cada4551 X-Archives-Hash: 60d956b148a90bd85bb43d69920ccaa4 --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005-11-17 20:17 +0100, alvcastro@yahoo.es wrote: > 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! Check to make sure the console is listed in /etc/securetty, otherwise you won't be able to log in as root directly. (However, you can log in as a normal user and then use `su'.) --=20 Michael Kj=F6rling, michael@kjorling.com - http://michael.kjorling.com/ * ASCII Ribbon Campaign: Against HTML Mail, Proprietary Attachments * * ..... No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings ..... * --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDfNwUdY+HSb3praYRAnxNAJ9Ja0miZIt+f/k96epBtnWU/IrY/ACgkUIa a5oyVk2VUe/8tzPQV9nsLAA= =exAz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list