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exorial
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 Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 8:35 am Post subject: root pwd error after installing and 1st reboot (1.4 rc1) |
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hi
the system is asking for a root pwd after installation und 1st reboot of gentoo.
the one i installed during network installation doesn't work.
please help....
thank you very much,
regards,
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 8:58 am Post subject: |
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This is probably silly, but does just pressing enter (no password) work?
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klondike_kid
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Have been looking at the docs for 1.4RC1, and I do have to say that for the Newbie, I can see where they would think that they have set a system password during the install.
Maybe the next release should have a little clarification on that.. 
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exorial
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 9:44 am Post subject: |
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nope...i tried "just pressing enter"...doesn't work.
what alternatives do i have with the 1.4 rc1 boot cd to rset the root pwd? |
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rac
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| exorial wrote: | | what alternatives do i have with the 1.4 rc1 boot cd to rset the root pwd? |
Boot from it, chroot into your installation on the hard disk, and use the passwd command to reset the root password. Perhaps delta407's instructions linked to from https://forums.gentoo.org/faq.php#4 will be useful.
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Qubax
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:04 am Post subject: |
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another thing
which language do you use? german-english layout (z and y switched, äöü?) |
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exorial
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| yep i tried that and it works....thank you very much, dude |
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Qubax
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| so it was a layout problem? |
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exorial
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 8:32 am Post subject: |
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nope, definetely not.
since the inst cd offers just the us keyb, i´wisely  chaose a pwd which is keyb unspecific...f.e. "manganthe000".
so i think the error must have some other origin....
regards,
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MTZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2002 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe you want to reset the /etc/shadow file. |
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