I recently installed debian 7.1 and I reinstalled it at least five times.  I've 
tried installing it with a root password created and without and Debian still 
won't let me log in as root.  It says "authentication failed" after I type in 
the root password.  

 

I've tried reinstalling it without creating a root password and it still won't 
let me log in.  I get the same message as before.  I can log in as another 
user, but not as root.  I've checked the passwords entered and every time the 
password is correct, but Debian says that it's not.  How can I fix these 
issues.  

 

I've tried to use the password command to remove whatever password I 
created/didn't create and I get an error message that the password command 
cannot be found in BASH.  Is there something wrong with the Debian 7.1?  I 
can't even install updates to the OS.

 

Thank you.
                                          

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