On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 12:38 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 11:33 +0000, Tom Furie wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:22:10PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 05:45 -0500, 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? > > > > > > If you remember the root password, than I don't understand your problem. > > > > My first instinct would be to suppose that he's disabled root logins. > > My apologise, that's a good thought. For my Debian and Arch installs I > have a root account + the ability to use sudo.
PS: That explains the reason for this: > I solved the immediate problem by rebooting to the install on sda1 and > using it to examine /etc/passwd on sda7. I was completely wrong, while Scott at least had no doubts about UID 1000 :D. JFTR the default UID for the first user, when using FreeBSD is 1001, however, for all Linux distros I ever used it was 1000. But Tom seems to be the only smart person among us :(, so an abuse to the OT: NEXT TIME DON'T CALL THE FIRST USER "ROOT" :(. Especially not when it's weekend and people tend to turn of their brains. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394884358.3587.136.camel@archlinux
