Re: Can not login as root

Great! Sorry, I forgot to Cc the list when I sent you my initial reply. It's quoted in the email below. Murat Ohannes Berin wrote: > Thanks James, > > It worked!!! > > Murat > > At 10:04 PM 9/3/2008, James Shupe wrote: >> Just reset the root password. >> >> Reboot, and at Grub select the kernel

Re: Can not login as root

Thanks James, It worked!!! Murat At 10:04 PM 9/3/2008, James Shupe wrote: Just reset the root password. Reboot, and at Grub select the kernel, hit 'e', then append "init=/bin/sh" to the end of the kernel line (without the quotes). Press 'b', to boot the system. Once it boots, you can run "mou

Re: Can not login as root

Example for the previous Mail: In /etc/passwd Change the line root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash to root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash Note the missing 'x' which means this user has to provide a password. Murat Ohannes Berin wrote: Hi, I just insralled Debian on my laptop. However, I can not lo

Re: Can not login as root

That's what an SuSE or knoppix CD is good for. I think Debian has a rescue mode too, that works (not shure - I use Debian, but for rescue I use an old SuSE CD). You could start from a CD and remove the 'x' from /etc/passwd. You might have to remount the volum with /etc/ read-write. Then restart

Can not login as root

Hi, I just insralled Debian on my laptop. However, I can not login as root. It says wrong password. I am quite sure I am typing th right password. I am able to loging as the regular user. Murat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: sha256 load module error

On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:17:23AM +0300, Alexander Golovin wrote: > I've tryed to load modules for my partition encryption, and had an > error: > #modprobe sha256 > WARNING: Error inserting padlock_sha > (/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/crypto/padlock-sha.ko): No such > device Where

Re: Re: sha256 load module error

Thanks for the answer, I think, I don't have that kind of hardware, you right. I hope all will be right, but I'm making my backups before run my encrypted harddrive anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]