[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 1849, Issue 1

[James Jones]

Mike,

Did you mean "boot to restore" or "boot to recovery" ( in the grub
boot menu??? )
jcj

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Michael Rulison
<13miketele at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 1/26/2013 12:00 PM, trilug-request at trilug.org wrote:
>>
>> ... On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I am not trying to login through GNOME.  Ctrl-Alt-F1 gets me to this
>>> >prompt: debian login:
>>> >
>>> >I type: root     and then get the prompt for the password. I type in
>>> >bguser.
>>> >I get - login incorrect
>>> >
>>> >I login as the user brian and enter my password. Fine,
>>> >
>>> >Type su, enter root password (bguser) and get 'Authentication failure'
>>> >
>>> >I purchased the 8 DVD's and hate to waste the $26 by trying to install
>>> >another distro.
>>> >
>>> >Should I try another laptop? We have an older Dell Inspiron I could
>>> >probably use.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Brian Grawburg
>>> >
>
> Having recently needed to login as root on an Unbuntu 12.10 install on Dell
> Inspiron E 1505, I have found that when this is messed up I needed to do:
>
>  * boot to restore
>  * choose command prompt
>  * sudo su root
>  * [prompts for new password]
>  * enter new password 2x
>  * su root
>  * [prompts for password]
>  * [enter new password]
>  * if in doubt of result: [whoami] === root
>  * As root: do something you always wanted to do OR reboot and login as
>    user with its password and su root if that is needed, with new root
>    password.
>
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