Login failure after restart. Every time.

[Ric Moore]

On 03/23/2012 04:24 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 03/23/2012 01:33 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> following which you can do either F7 or "init 5" and login into your
>>> operating system.
>>>
>>
>> I didn't think we had those run levels with Debian?? Ric
>
> I didn't think so either, so I didn't try that.  Without single-user
> mode, I was unable to remount RO.
>
> <peeve>Side note: even when that was possible, IIRC most systems
> required you to log in as root.  That's one of the places where
> Ubuntu's no-root-pw policy gets you in trouble.  That and any attempt
> to fix things when booting fails.  Try the recovery startups in GRUB
> for instance.</peeve>

Ah... the Good Ole Days. Reboot?? NEVER! It was an original sin that 
windows types had to endure while we LAUGHED at them and pointed wagging 
fingers. Now, WE do it.

wayward4now at iam:~$ uptime
  00:05:58 up 1 day,  1:59,  1 user,  load average: 0.06, 0.07, 0.06
wayward4now at iam:~$

I'm SO ashamed. <swears> Ric



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