On Saturday 03 August 2019 07:08:08 mick crane wrote: > On 2019-08-01 11:28, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Debian-arm netinstall on a pi3b; > > > > No root pw set, I am housebroken to using sudo now. > > > > netinstall didn't install x anything although I thought I was > > selecting xfce4, so my first action on the reboot was to > > "sudo apt install xfce4". reboot, works, have x and 4 workspaces. > > > > Then "sudo apt install build-essential and buildbot, cups". reboot, > > worked once, login normal. Then I plugged in a 120GB ssd which had a > > bunch of src stuff on it I'll need later and powered up again. Can't > > login, passwd no good. Dbl check, caps lock off, try again several > > times, passwd no good. > > > > Come to the house and ssh -Y picnc. passwd good, I have 2 sessions > > running right now from konsoles on this machine. Back to the garage, > > passwd fails. > > > > Suggested course of action? I do have access to it via ssh. And sudo > > -i works. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I would probably add another user and see if they have same problem on > the local machine. > > mick
I'd thought of that but not tried it yet. I'll need a user amanda who is a member of group backup for the backup program amanda. So I'll use that as a guinea pig. Or will I? copy/paste from konsole logged in as gene: gene@picnc:~$ sudo adduser [sudo] password for gene: adduser: Only one or two names allowed. gene@picnc:~$ WTH? Thanks Mick Crane. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
