Mad Mike Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I just completed an install of Suse Linux 9.1 Professional. I had this installed once before and all was well, 'til I screwed something up (ignorance is NOT bliss). On this install I followed the recommendations for passwords and can't login. After the boot is complete I follow the prompts: Login Name:_________ Password:__________ And the last prompt is :login Name@linux~>________, I wrote down EVERYTHING and nothing I enter following the(>) symbol does anything. I'm as frustrated with this bulls__t as I have been with Micro$oft. I need help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Hmmmmm..... that's odd. You wrote down the user name and password accurately?You could try changing your password at the login prompt using passwd and then follow the prompts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 how many charaters are in your password. if its more than 8 try only using the first 8.. also try loging in as root. you should have made two passwords at install.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Mike Posted February 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Thanks for the replies, but what I did was to re-boot from disc one and do a re-install. I'm currently in the Linux OS and having a ball. I had this system up and running about a year ago but went at things uninformed. This time I'll take my time studying the user and administrator guide. Get familiar with utilizing the Windows emulator and it'll be so long Billy boy (Gate$) Thanks and I'm sure I'll be asking more questions later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I forgot method 2... boot anylive cd.. mount the disk..chroot to mount point.. example you mount you suse disk as /mnt/susechroot /mnt/suse /bin/bashtype passwdenter new root password..reboot. you now have the root password Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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