On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:38:48 +0000 Tom Furie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Having gone back to re-read Richard's original post, he does state > that he was bringing up an install without GUI. Which poses the > question "why not just log in as root to get the user name?" unless > root logins are disabled, which leads us back to how he has a root > password in that case. One possible explanation might be that he disabled root login by having a blank /etc/securetty file, which disallows root login on a tty, but you still have a root account you can su to after logging in as a regular user. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140315113739.360a49dc@mydesk
