Le 06/02/2015 04:37, don fisher a écrit :
care at this time. I looked at the /etc/password file from another system and there was no entry for root at all!
others have given clues. Let me comment on this part. if really you don't have any root entry in /etc/passwd, there is a problem and you shouldn't have be able to connect the first time! you should have: cat /etc/passwd | grep root root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash the same exact thing for anybody. the passwd is *not* in this file, it's in the /etc/shadow file. you should have a line in the shadow file, beginning with "root". if you have access to these file from an other install (or any rescue disk), simply copy the above line to /etc/passwd. then, edit /etc/shadow. the second field of the line is the passwd hash the simpler way is to copy/paste in this file the hash of the user to replace the root one, so you give them the same passwd. I once forgot the root passwd, but not the user one, so I had the user line good, with an working hash. of course, fix the passwd problem when accessing normally the system. but be warned that often this problem means that the install was not well done, probably incomplete for whatever reason and may be unstable. jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org