Suse 9.1 Incorrect root password directly after install
 

I installed suse 9.1 Personal on my Fujitsu siemens laptop, and during the install i was aksed to enter a root password, i did, wrote it down.

Then way the install was complete and i booted into kde, i wanted to change some settings, suse asked me to enter root password, i did.
A dialog tells me i entered the wrong password. I DIDNT.

Tried to install suse twice, same thing, i enter the correct password, but suse tells me it is wrong.

Anyone had this problem?

OK, try the obvious first. Remember that passwords are case sensitive. If that isn't your problem then I don't know what's going on.

first, try what trevelluk said. if that still doenst work, download a live cd, such as knoppix, slax, damn small linux, or devil linux, and boot off that. when it boots mount the partition that SuSE is on, and edit the /etc/shadow

i dont think it is the case sensetive problem.

can you please give some more info about the /etc/shadow
is the file self-explaning ?

And yes, i´m a newbie....

One thing to remember:

When you install SUSE 9.1, the default maximum length of passwords is 8 chars. Try using the first eight of them if it is set to more than that.

Cheers,
Tefal

check keyboard for proper characters, open a word app., type the password and see if it comes out correct. (my thinkpad had a prob. w/ that, had to reconfig. keyboard type)