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Debian 9 root password
Debian 9 root password
Hello All
I clearly remember entering my root password during installation however debian 9 now state that the ROOT password is wrong and I cannot gain root access. Is there a work around for this? Or wait for 9.0.2
Thanks
I clearly remember entering my root password during installation however debian 9 now state that the ROOT password is wrong and I cannot gain root access. Is there a work around for this? Or wait for 9.0.2
Thanks
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Re: Debian 9 root password
Here you go:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=133551
It is a bug, please wait for the fix
Or you can use netinstall or CD/DVD images, which have no such bugs.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=133551
It is a bug, please wait for the fix
Or you can use netinstall or CD/DVD images, which have no such bugs.
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Re: Debian 9 root password
Depends on your wi-fi chip. Check the Debian wiki, but do it via ethernet/cable to be sure. In order for wi-fi to work, you will probably need non-free firmware.
Re: Debian 9 root password
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof ... -firmware/opale7000 wrote:Is netinstall doable via Wifi?
Re: Debian 9 root password
Yes this is the version with the bad root password4D696B65 wrote:https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof ... -firmware/opale7000 wrote:Is netinstall doable via Wifi?
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Re: Debian 9 root password
Are you sure?
I thought only Live images had that problem. One workaround is to leave root password blank and just enter user password. That will automatically let you use sudo. Later you can add root password:
I thought only Live images had that problem. One workaround is to leave root password blank and just enter user password. That will automatically let you use sudo. Later you can add root password:
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sudo passwd root
Re: Debian 9 root password
This is the version I just installed with root password problem
debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-cinnamon+nonfree.iso
Thanks for the tip i might try that
debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-cinnamon+nonfree.iso
Thanks for the tip i might try that
Re: Debian 9 root password
Ok i am now in, working by not specifying root password. Hit a glitch in that it failed to install grub since it was there already and manage to continue install without grub.
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Re: Debian 9 root password
EDIT: Neveremind, glad it worked. Try to get the wi-fi working. Post back if you succeed and you're set!
Try to get wif-fi to work with live image, they are made for testing hardware compatibility anyway. If it does work, install using CD/DVD image. You don't need Internet in order to install using DVD image, but you will need it to set up wi-fi. Use ethernet cable since it works out of the box.
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi
Try to get wif-fi to work with live image, they are made for testing hardware compatibility anyway. If it does work, install using CD/DVD image. You don't need Internet in order to install using DVD image, but you will need it to set up wi-fi. Use ethernet cable since it works out of the box.
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi
Re: Debian 9 root password
Wifi was never an issue for me with the non-free version I will be testing some more and compare with Linux mint. Samba was a problem in mint.