On 15/03/14 22:29, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:09:33PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> If another OS had not been available but I knew the root >>> password, is there some way I could have gained access as >>> root? > >> # passwd `grep 1000 /etc/passwd | cut -d : -f1` > > That doesn't help him until he's logged into the system.
Richard has clearly said "if I knew the root password" "as root" So he *can* login to the system. Why he didn't, is the question. ;) Perhaps he tried from a GUI login which only permitted a userlogin (but didn't prompt with the username and didn't, or couldn't (Crtl+backspace etc) didn't work - still wouldn't explain why he didn't just boot into the rescue console. Perhaps his fu was low? > > Cheers, Tom > Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
