password

coolko28 · 02-24-2004, 05:25 PM

I am a newbie to Linux. I have download all 3 Mandrake 9.2 iso and burned to cds. But everytime when I install it, it never get to the "Root Password" and "Add a User" part, It when from "Install System" jumped to the "Install Boo9tloader" section. The system reboots after finished install. After the system reboot to the logion window, I do not have "User name" and "Password" to login.
I tried to burn another cd and re downloaded the iso files but same situation.
Please, and thanks for any possible help!!!

Coolko28

frieza · 02-24-2004, 06:14 PM

hmm, well what did you install as your bootloader?

Mathieu · 02-24-2004, 07:21 PM

Adding to frieza's post.

You can always try the Rescue mode.
- Boot from the 1st CD.
- Press F1 for Advanced Options
- Type: rescue.
- Select the "Go to console" option.
- Type: passwd
- Enter a password -- this password will be for the root user.
- To reboot, press Ctrl + Alt + Del

If you want to add a user (for example: coolko) before rebooting, you would do the following:

Code:

useradd coolko
passwd coolko

coolko28 · 02-24-2004, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the quick replies. I installed the bootloader at the MBR. And the will try the help. I will let you know later. Thanks again!

coolko28

coolko28 · 02-24-2004, 07:41 PM

I forget about one more thing. What about the "login", which is the user name. Thanks!

coolko28

frieza · 02-24-2004, 07:42 PM

i was going to reccomend booting into single user mode by enetering 'linux single' at the boot loader prompt

coolko28 · 02-24-2004, 07:47 PM

I did tried it from one of the threads. But after I typed the password and confirm it, it comes an error message. It's something like the user is not recognised.

coolko28

coolko28 · 02-24-2004, 08:57 PM

Mathieu,
After "Go to Console", I typed "passwd" at [root@rescue /]#.
The return was "bash: passwd: command not found"

coolko28

Mathieu · 02-25-2004, 10:52 AM

My mistake...

... you need to use the full path.

Code:

/usr/bin/passwd
/usr/sbin/useradd

coolko28 · 02-25-2004, 08:57 PM

After 20+ trirs to install Mandrake 9.2; I finally install it through and able to login to the system. Thanks for you guys help!

coolko28

wslyhbb · 02-25-2004, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by coolko28
Mathieu,
After "Go to Console", I typed "passwd" at [root@rescue /]#.
The return was "bash: passwd: command not found"

coolko28

You need to mount the filesystem and then chroot to root to add all of the commands to your path. You can do this by doing something like the following:
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt
chroot /mnt
now you would be able to use passwd without specifying the full path.