[TriLUG] Debian Issues

[John Mitchell]

Can you login as a user?


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com> wrote:

> I am not trying to login through GNOME.  Ctrl-Alt-F1 gets me to this
> prompt: debian login:
>
> I type: root     and then get the prompt for the password. I type in
> bguser.
> I get - login incorrect
>
> I login as the user brian and enter my password. Fine,
>
> Type su, enter root password (bguser) and get 'Authentication failure'
>
> I purchased the 8 DVD's and hate to waste the $26 by trying to install
> another distro.
>
> Should I try another laptop? We have an older Dell Inspiron I could
> probably use.
>
>
> Brian Grawburg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> >
> > Most current distros do not allow root login at GUI login prompt. You
> should try
> > a virtual console session (Ctrl-Alt-F3 for example) and login as root
> there. The
> > other option is to login as a non-root user and then open a CLI session
> and su -
> > to root.
>
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