On 21/09/11 12:43, Eneko Gotzon Ares wrote: > Hi ByteMagicians ;) > > After an apparently successful* installation of the PowerPC port of the > latest Debian Squeeze version on an external hard drive, the root and > ordinary users' passwords seem not be recognized by the system: I cannot > log in. > The passwords are quite complex (letters, numbers, punctuation, signs) > but they was recognized without problem by the Debian Installer. > I believe that I can not enter passwords always wrong. > I have other complex passwords that I use normally. > > It seems that the only solution is to try another installation :/ > perhaps using more simple passwords. > Any comments?
A re-install seems a bit extreme. How about just changing the root password then using passwd to change the user passwords? http://www.debianadmin.com/forgot-root-password-or-reset-root-password-in-debian.html NOTE: you may have to plug your external drive into a non-Mac machine in order to access it's file system using a live CD. > Thanks :) > > * During the installation I have had some troubles with the optical > drive, may be because I'm learning English and so I take more time to do > the tasks. > > P.S. I'm a humble Mac user that thinks that free(dom) software can offer > a very interesting relationship between users and developers. Thanks for > your impressing skills :) > -- > Eneko Gotzon Ares > > I'm assuming the install went OK... where did you install GRUB to - the internal drive or the external? Cheers -- "People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn’t share with itself. They also have a sense of irony, which America doesn’t have seeing as it’s being run by fundamentalists who take things literally." — Bill Hicks -- 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/4e795b17.6080...@gmail.com
