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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:31:34
Message-Id: 1132255371.10851.33.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin by "ÿffffc1lvaro Castro"
1 On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 20:17 +0100, ÿffffc1lvaro Castro wrote:
2 > Hello all!
3 >
4 > This is just a short question...
5 >
6 > Does anyone know why it doesn't allow me to log on my
7 > system?
8 > I just installed gentoo...
9 >
10 > I KNOW my password. And I also tried the 2 techniques
11 > for changing it (the init="/bin/sh" in the bootloader
12 > and chrooting from the live-cd). I change them
13 > succesfully but it still doesn't work!
14 > It is reeeeeeeaally strange. Maybe because I don't
15 > have an alternative user created?
16 >
17 > Thank you very much!
18 >
19 >
20 > .alvaro.castro.
21
22 Have you run passwd for the root user while in the chroot environment?
23
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