Re: [Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mar 14, 08:46:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 15 mar 14, 09:08:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> > >>Sequence was: > >> Do full install install of Squeeze to sda1. Only non-default was > >> size of install partition. > > > >Well, setting a root password is

Re: [Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 15 mar 14, 09:08:52, Richard Owlett wrote: Sequence was: Do full install install of Squeeze to sda1. Only non-default was size of install partition. Well, setting a root password is quite a "weak" default. If you just press enter (leaving the password bla

Re: [Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 mar 14, 09:08:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Sequence was: > Do full install install of Squeeze to sda1. Only non-default was > size of install partition. Well, setting a root password is quite a "weak" default. If you just press enter (leaving the password blank) you get the sud

Re: [Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140315_090852, Richard Owlett wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >On 15/03/14 22:29, Tom Furie wrote: > >>On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:09:33PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >>>On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> > If another OS had not been available but I knew the root > passwo

Re: [Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 09:08 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 4. Ralf was correct saying "IOW the OP remembers the password > for UID 1000, but not the name for UID". :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

[Resolved] Re: When fogetting assigned login name rather than password

2014-03-15 Thread Richard Owlett
Scott Ferguson wrote: On 15/03/14 22:29, Tom Furie wrote: On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:09:33PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: If another OS had not been available but I knew the root password, is there some way I could have gained access as root? # pas