Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Jean-Marc
Hi the list, Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:51:35 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote : Did you get added to the sudo group? If you are lucky then you did and you can use your own password instead of root. $ sudo passwd root $ su - # Indeed, it is the easiest way. [...] $ sudo -l

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:47:08PM +0100, mrr wrote: On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread mrr
On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories)

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by

problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Comer Duncan
I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by repeated complaints that the system password I used was not correct,

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Comer Duncan wrote: However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to get authorized but being prevented by repeated complaints that the system password I used was not correct, I now find that I can not get logged in in

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-14 Thread Gary Dale
On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and going through a cycle of trying to