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freseman
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 Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject: login problems |
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Ok so i'm done installing and i'm trying to login using root. I've set the password for root to something... and i used that password and when i try to log in with root and that password i get a
| Code: | login[1105]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM /dev/vc/1 FOR root, Authentication failure
Login Incorrect
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thanks for your help 
btw... i'm logging under tux login because i named the computer tux... if that helps at all |
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bunsen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: |
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It's probably configurable that root login on the console is not permitted, but I don't think that's the default behaviour for a gentoo installation.
Can you switch user to root, as a normal user
i.e.
I'm assuming that normal user (tux?) was already added to the wheel group. |
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fennec
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| did you set password on root before or after the chrooting step in the installation process ? |
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freseman
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| i did it before chroot |
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fennec
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:59 am Post subject: |
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then you have set the live cd's root passwd...
boot up with the live cd again then re-chroot to your installation and then passwd your root account :
# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo ( change /dev/hda3 to root partition if needed )
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot ( change /dev/hda1 to boot partition if needed )
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
# source /etc/profile
# passwd
# exit
# cd /
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
# reboot
and that should do it =P |
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freseman
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ahhhh thank you so much... they should tell you that in the install docs |
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gnuageux
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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I dont really think that the install docs are meant as a troubleshooting guide. If you follow the docs to the "t" everything works. In this situation you made the mistake, not faulty documentation.
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fennec
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| freseman wrote: | | ahhhh thank you so much... they should tell you that in the install docs |
it actually tells you to passwd after chroot and before reboot =P |
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lamaral
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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I sugest to put this in a trouble shooting documentation.
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taurus
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| fennec wrote: | | freseman wrote: | | ahhhh thank you so much... they should tell you that in the install docs |
it actually tells you to passwd after chroot and before reboot =P |
Of course, it does. It says "passwd" on the manual (Section 8.c) before you emerge metalog & vixie-cron, & grub!!! Sometimes you just need to read it slowly or more careful... 
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