How do I go about installing emacs25? I entered the following commands but it failed. Here is the console output:
[email protected]~$ sudo apt-get install emacs25 [sudo] password for www: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package emacs25 Note that wifi is working in my web browser as it is able to reach http://www.google.com Another question for you is this: How do I go about mounting /media/www/WIndows in read-write mode rather than the default setting on read only mode. I tried the following command but got no joy: fsck /dev/sda2 On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 at 19:57, Slosh <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 04:51:28PM +1300, Helmut Walle wrote: > > So for recovering your root password stored in the system on the HD... > usually recovering that > > password would be a lot of work if possible at all, because passwords > are only stored encrypted > > these days. It is usually easier to just delete the password. To do that: > > > > 1. Boot a rescue system of some sort from a USB medium (or CD / DVD if > that's easier). > > 2. Log in as root, or 'sudo su' if you are already logged in (see above). > > 3. Mount the partition with your system files somewhere (/mnt usually is > already there and can > > be used). > > 4. Find the shadow password file where the encrypted passwords are > stored (probably /etc/shadow > > - so if you have mounted your HD at /mnt , then it would be > /mnt/etc/shadow > > 5. Make a backup copy of that file in the same folder, just in case. > > 6. Open the shadow file in a text editor, and find the line that begins > with "root". The shadow > > file contains the passwords and other parameters for all user accounts, > one account per line > > (details available via 'man 5 shadow'). The fields separator is a colon. > So all the gibberish > > between the colon after "root" and the next colon is your encrypted root > password... > > 7. Delete the entire encrypted root password. > > 8. Insert an asterisk '*' between the two colons following "root", where > the encrypted password > > was before. > > 9. Save the file. > > 10. Reboot from HD. Your root password should now be void - so to log in > as root, enter "root" > > at the username prompt, and then hit Enter at the password prompt. > > Another option is to add the string `rw init=/bin/bash` to the end of > the line starting with `linux` in GRUB. Then when the OS loads > you'll be dropped directly into a root shell and can type `passwd` to > change it to what you want. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com
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