Slackware 8.0 Help Needed!!! Fast!!!

Eits0 · 06-19-2002, 05:58 PM

Ok, so I installed finally Slackware as so many have praised it.
Well, installation was easy, but now I booted up my new, "fabulous" OS and it comes and asks:
Darkstar login:

So this is how it looks after a while:

Code:

Darkstar login: root
Password:
Login incorrect

Darkstar login: gandalf
Password:
Login incorrect

Darkstar login: darkstar
Password:
Login incorrect

Now whatta hell? My password is "gandalf" ffs, and I have no other users yet than root!!!
What is wrong???

orgcandman · 06-19-2002, 06:01 PM

I don't know much about slackware, but if you have the lilo bootloader, at the lilo: prompt, type
linux init=/bin/bash rw

then "passwd" and change your password to "foobaronme" or something that you can remember. then it should work. I don't know how to pass options to the kernel with grub, but the option you want to pass is "init=/bin/bash rw"

hope this helps

Eits0 · 06-19-2002, 06:02 PM

Ok, I got it. It was GANDALF, not gandalf.

Just forgot, for a while, that in Linux size does matter, unlike in DOS.

Damn you T1000SE...

Ok now, but how I create new users. I'm afraid of moving around as root.

In Mandrake, I just opened one file as root and BANG!!! X didn't work no more...

orgcandman · 06-19-2002, 06:04 PM

useradd

and if you need help with that...
man useradd