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[SOLVED] Incorrect password ...try again

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mzsade
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[SOLVED] Incorrect password ...try again

#1 Post by mzsade »

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:~$ su
Password:    #Typed user password 
su: Authentication failure 
~$ su
Password:      #Typed root password
su: Authentication failure
:~$ sudo su 
[sudo] password for m: #Typed user password
i:~# mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list

(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.22YF1X': No such file or directory

(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory

(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.R5CJ1X': No such file or directory

(mousepad:1299): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
The file does open but with a warning in red saying i could harm my system
Had almost got everything configured just as like it, tried adding a custom action (open as administrator) to Thunar and my house of cards collapsed around me. :cry:

Debian 8 xfce, single user account, passwords and user names are single characters so it's a given there's no typing error.

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:~# cd ..
:/home# cd ..
:/# mkdir -p /root/.local/share/
:/# touch /root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
:/# exit
exit
:~$ gksu mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list
Got another window prompting me for password, gave "Incorrect password...try again"
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Re: Incorrect password ...try again (Authentication Failure)

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

What is the output of:

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sudo cat /etc/shadow | grep root
Try this:

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sudo passwd root
To reset your root password.
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[SOLVED] Re: Incorrect password ...try again

#3 Post by mzsade »

You were right to suspect i am a jackass and must have forgotten to set Allow root login during installation,
"cat: /etc/shadow: No such file or directory". Not a problem, shrank the home partition and did it right on another partition, did 'usermod -a -G sudo <username>' so that's not the issue on this new install, No more GTK /root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel warnings either after i implemented the fix i quoted before, but..
1) i still get that scary red warning (You are logged in as root, this may harm your system) on my text editor whenever i gksu mousepad or sudo mousepad anything.
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