Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 05:23:45PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > You can also try `C-v` instead of `C-q` to quote the next key (not sure > where this comes from, but it works in bash and zsh, IIUC), i.e. use > `C-v TAB` to insert a TAB character. It's deeper than just shells. It's also in the "c

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread Erwan David
Le 09/02/2021 à 22:54, David Christensen a écrit : On 2021-02-09 00:54, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 11:32:11PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-08 23:22, Anssi Saari wrote: David Christensen writes: 2.  How do I insert a tab character with the GRUB editor?  (P

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-09 07:35, David Wright wrote: On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 18:26:22 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-08 15:15, David Wright wrote: On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 13:02:21 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-08 00:40, Marco Möller wrote: You could bypass any password request d

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I don't know how far "some" reaches, but try -Q then > (mnemonics: Q like "quote"). > > Not Emacs-y, but worth a try would be -I You can also try `C-v` instead of `C-q` to quote the next key (not sure where this comes from, but it works in bash and zsh, IIUC), i.e. use `C-v TAB` to insert a TAB

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread David
On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 08:57, David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-02-09 04:42, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 06:26:22PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > >> 2. How do I insert a tab character with the GRUB editor? (Pressing > >> causes the editor to attempt command completion

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-09 04:42, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 06:26:22PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: *Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 (recovery mode) 5. Press the down arrow key to select the "... (recovery mode)"

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-09 00:54, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 11:32:11PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-08 23:22, Anssi Saari wrote: David Christensen writes: 2. How do I insert a tab character with the GRUB editor? (Pressing causes the editor to attempt command comple

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread Anssi Saari
writes: > I don't know how far "some" reaches, but try -Q then > (mnemonics: Q like "quote"). > > Not Emacs-y, but worth a try would be -I Neither worked, although I only tried in grub-emu. But it should work the same as Grub.

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 18:26:22 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-02-08 15:15, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 13:02:21 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > > > On 2021-02-08 00:40, Marco Möller wrote: > > > > > > > You could bypass any password request during boot to the con

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 06:26:22PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > *Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 > Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 (recovery mode) > > 5. Press the down arrow key to select the "... (recovery mode)" boot entry. > Press 'e' to edit it. [.

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-09 Thread tomas
On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 11:32:11PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-02-08 23:22, Anssi Saari wrote: > >David Christensen writes: > > > >>Questions: > >> > >>1. How do I make a copy of a boot entry? (So that I can edit the > >>copy and keep the original.) > > > >In Grub, you don't really

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-08 23:22, Anssi Saari wrote: David Christensen writes: Questions: 1. How do I make a copy of a boot entry? (So that I can edit the copy and keep the original.) In Grub, you don't really need to since changes are not saved. For permanent changes then in Linux edit the various fi

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread Anssi Saari
David Christensen writes: > Questions: > > 1. How do I make a copy of a boot entry? (So that I can edit the > copy and keep the original.) In Grub, you don't really need to since changes are not saved. For permanent changes then in Linux edit the various files in /etc/grub.d and regenerate /bo

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-08 15:15, David Wright wrote: On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 13:02:21 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: On 2021-02-08 00:40, Marco Möller wrote: You could bypass any password request during boot to the console and then fix it by setting the desired password newly. The boot parameter for bypa

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 08 Feb 2021 at 13:02:21 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-02-08 00:40, Marco Möller wrote: > > > You could bypass any password request during boot to the console > > and then fix it by setting the desired password newly. The boot > > parameter for bypassing all password request an

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-08 00:40, Marco Möller wrote: You could bypass any password request during boot to the console and then fix it by setting the desired password newly. The boot parameter for bypassing all password request an right away becoming logged in as user root is:     init=/sbin/sulogin --fo

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Marco Is this at the desktop or a terminal? If desktop, try switching to a terminal (ctrl-alt-f1) and log in there. If successful, switch back to desktop (ctrl-alt-f7) and try again. I recall I had this happen to me last year. If terminal, then you haven't spent much download data/time and a

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread Marco Möller
On 08.02.21 03:49, John Berden wrote: Hello. I'm installing Debian 10.8 with a console installer. I use ISO debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso. After starting the system, I get a request for the user's password. I enter the correct password that I specified during installation. But I get a messag

Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

2021-02-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 08 feb 21, 04:49:28, John Berden wrote: > Hello. > I'm installing Debian 10.8 with a console installer. I use ISO > debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso. > After starting the system, I get a request for the user's password. > I enter the correct password that I specified during installation. But