There are no stupid questions! :-) The password for root contains numbers, I thought I had also tried the use the numbers in the top row of the keyboard, but apparently not.
It appears that the numpad does not work for tty. When I use the top row for the numbers I can login as root. Thanks for the hint! Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Jeroen N. Witmond ([email protected]): >> Package: login >> Version: 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1 >> Severity: important >> File: /bin/login >> >> To update from squeeze to wheezy I need to login as root without using >> X, gdm, etc. So I use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to tty1. >> >> However, attempts to login as root result in "Login incorrect" with >> the following lines in /var/log/auth.log: >> >> May 26 14:07:38 BlackBox login[3792]: pam_unix(login:auth): >> authentication failure; logname=LOGIN uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 >> ruser= rhost= user=root >> May 26 14:07:41 BlackBox login[3792]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty1' >> FOR 'root', Authentication failure >> >> Login in as a normal user followed by `su -` results in "su: >> Authentication failure" with the following lines in /var/log/auth.log: >> >> May 26 14:10:34 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication >> failure; logname=jeroen uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser=jeroen >> rhost= user=root >> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_authenticate: Authentication >> failure >> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: FAILED su for root by jeroen >> May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: - /dev/tty1 jeroen:root >> >> When I run a terminal window under X I can su to root. > > > Stupid question, but are you sure that the keyboard mapping is correct > in tty1? > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
