the root password is correct but it don't work!!!!!!!
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Now ,i can't login as root and the authentication failure message is appeared.
i login as nadia but when i type su and correct password it don't work and i see
Quote:
[nadia@Fedora-15 ~]$ su
Password:
su: incorrect password
hello
i use fedora 15. i change the usr/local/bin permission with please don't ask why.
Why NOT ask why?? That's not a good thing to do.
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Now ,i can't login as root and the authentication failure message is appeared. i login as nadia but when i type su and correct password it don't work and i see
You can try to boot into single-user mode, and change the permissions/ownership back, or you can boot from CD/DVD into rescue mode, and change it back from there.
Barring that, I'm with TobiSGD...Fedora 15 is old, and if it's broken, performing an upgrade/fresh install to 17 would be good thing.
---------- Post added 07-18-12 at 07:21 PM ----------
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Originally Posted by sharadchhetri
revert back to old settings and check again.
How, exactly, would she do that, since she CANNOT get in as root to change things back???
You can try to boot into single-user mode, and change the permissions/ownership back, or you can boot from CD/DVD into rescue mode, and change it back from there.
Barring that, I'm with TobiSGD...Fedora 15 is old, and if it's broken, performing an upgrade/fresh install to 17 would be good thing.
---------- Post added 07-18-12 at 07:21 PM ----------
How, exactly, would she do that, since she CANNOT get in as root to change things back???
hmmm, I had not second thought she knows this thing or not. thanks buddy.
For more convenience.
How to reset root passwd. read it from my blog link
This will not help either. The root password is already known, the OP is not able to become root because of borked owner settings in the bin directory.
777 is a bad idea in almost all situations. It is a really bad idea with root directories.
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Now ,i can't login as root and the authentication failure message is appeared.
You are lucky. I made a similar mistake in my first one or to weeks using Linux. The result was not being able to boot the system. Directories that have root permissions have them for a reason. The best course of action is to follow TobiSGD's advice of up-grading to the current edition of Fedora and do not touch the permissions in your root directory.
Last edited by Randicus Draco Albus; 07-19-2012 at 07:24 AM.
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the root password is correct but it don't work!!!!!!!
