Rik, If you could come around this afternoon that would be great.
Together we can defeat this bug in Linux... On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 at 09:50, Rik Tindall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Davin, > Is this while booted into live Ubuntu session from your USB rescue drive? > Session system tweaks may not have permanence. > > You probably want(ed) the install on your hard drive. Re-create the > partition if you deleted it (which wasn't necessary for re-installing into > it now). > > Write your setup user password down, if that's what you forgot. > > Setting a root password requires some simple commands, though much can be > done without this. If you do set a root password, write that down too. > > I can come help again this afternoon if you like. > > Thank you CLUG members for sharing configuration guides. > > Rik > > On 2019-11-24 09:05, Davin Pearson wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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