On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 07:34 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 02:13, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 20/09/06 00:02, Peo Nilsson wrote:
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I execute ´su´ and then the *bash* shell asks for root password, when I type in the correct password the shell responds with ´incorrect password´. I´m 100% sure that the password I type is correct. Now I also have tried ´su root´ with the same result.
Boot into runlevel 1 (at the grub or lilo prompt, just type a '1', then <enter>). You should be prompted for the root password when the system comes up -- if it won't take here, you are truly out of luck.
when booting ==> xxx... Master resource control: Previous runlevel N, switching to runlevel 1 xxx... Give root password for login: ´CORRECT ROOT PASSWORD´ --> ´Login incorrect´
Hi Darryl,
Wouldn't entering 'init=/bin/bash' (no quotes) at the grub boot menu result in the system booting to a working shell with root permissions?
Carl
When booting with: init=/bin/bash ...xxx... ==>(none):/# (none):/# whoami --> root This seems to work. But when I run yast I can´t find any place where root login is forbidden...:-( I guess It´s just to edit a file directly in emacs (in the above "mode") to alow root logins again. Unfortunately I´m new to Suse Linux so I have no clue which file to make the change in??? /Thx Peo