On 15/03/14 22:58, 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. > >
No root account? (Is that a joke?) I'm always learning and I'm keen to know how that is achieved - it sounds very unlikely.... Would the rescue console still work? I suspect you mean "no root login to the GUI" - which still leaves stopping the X Server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and logging in as root to the console - or Ctrl+Alt+F2 and logging in as root to the vconsole. Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
