On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:39:51 -0700 Samuel Sieb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/25/25 2:24 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 13:25:42 -0700 > > Samuel Sieb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 10/25/25 12:41 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > >>> Fresh install of Fedora 42 after Windows 11. No problems. Install > >>> and upgrade went smoothly. > >> > >> What install method did you use? > >> How did you upgrade without logging in? > >> > >>> Assigned password for root (and user) rejected > >>> Booted to bash, used passwd root to re-assign > >>> new passwd (fribb1ex) accepted > >>> Rebooted > >>> Same problem > >> > >> Anything in the logs? > >> > > > > Install method > > Download xfce spin from Fedora web > > Created thumb drive using mediawriter > > Booted from same after media check OK > > > > How did you upgrade without logging in? > > Good question. After the install I went directly to upgrade > > as root. I can't recall whether a password was requested, but it so > > it (obviously) was accepted. (n any event, the system was > > powered off overnight. > > Did you reboot after the install or were you still in the live boot > when you did the upgrade? > > > Logs > > Nothing in p0, p1 or p2 > > In p3 there are a bunch of complaints from SELinux > > preventing unix_chkpwd from read access on file shadow. Running > > sealert -l gives the message: "SELinux not enabled" > > That selinux error would make sense for it not working. The "not > enabled" is because you haven't actually booted the system properly. > And that could be why it's not working now. If you changed the > password while selinux is not enabled, you could have messed up the > permissions. > > Try adding "enforcing=0" to the kernel command line and see if you > can log in. If you get in, then run "sudo restorecon -v /etc/shadow". > grubby --update-kernel ALL --args selinux=0 is my goto config. I live dangerously :-) Thanks -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
