On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:21:17 -0600, Lloyd Rice wrote: > I'm new at this. Sorry. But I think this is a real bug. > > Debian Release 6.0.2.1 > Architecture: amd64 > > I have done a number of installs with both CD and DVD images on two > different > machines. I have tried a number of different combinations of options > during these > installs. Obviously, I could not try all possible combinations. But the > common > pattern seems to be that if I request the "Graphical expert" install and > then > select the shadow password system, then in the installed system, the > root password cannot be authenticated.
(...) Did you enable "sudo" by any chance? If yes, your root's password is your user's password. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.13.14.35...@gmail.com
