On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 12:58 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 22:53 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 15/03/14 22:43, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Saturday 15 March 2014 11:33:50 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. > > > > > > Then, Tom, why has Richard got a root password for the system? Surely > > > Debian only gives you the chance to set a root password if you enable > > > root? > > > > 1++ > > Tom is smarter than we are, it's likely that his guess is correct. The > OP confused the term for > > no root account, but the first user has got sudo admin super cow powers, > with a pure and clean enabled root account.
IOW the OP remembers the password for UID 1000, but not the name for UID 1000 :D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394884822.3587.140.camel@archlinux
