On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM Thomas Schweikle <tschwei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: Debian installer > Version: As on Debian live-CD/DVD for Debian 12.5 > Severity: critical > > 1. Download debian live-CD/DVD from: > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-xfce.iso > or > https://ftp.gwdg.de/debian-cd/12.5.0-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-xfce.iso > 2. Boot from this DVD > 3. Doubble click on "Install to harddisk" > 4. Select to erase a partitioned harddisk > 5. Select "German" > 6. For User and Passwort enter > Full name: demo Demo > Username: de-de > Password 1st: start123 > Password 2nd: start123 > 7. Click install > 8. Wait until the installer finishes and reboots into this newly installed > system > 9. Try to login with the credentials given above: > User: de-de > Password: start123 > > The newly installed system just tells: unknown user or password, user or > password wrong. You wont be able to login. > Did the password you typed include any non-ASCII characters? Same question for non -en_US characters? And: Are you using a German-language keyboard? Or a "standard" US-style? > Having a closer look at the system installed: > - The system language ist set to en_US, instead, as selected to de_DE. > - The keyboard language and layout ist set to en_US, instead, as selected > to de_DE. > - The user given isn't created at all. > - The password isn't entered into /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow. > - Root is created, but does not have a password, while passwordless logins > are prohibited > Is it possible that the hard-drive is not working correctly? It seems that all of those symptoms point to an un-writable hard-drive. > Conclusion: it is not possible to login to the system. Youl have to hack > it to get access. > > -- > Thomas >
