2014-03-24 22:08 GMT+01:00 message <letter@openmailbox.org>:
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com>
Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
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After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'.
As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user.
Ok. Could you try resetting the password for user a? You could do this (as root) with: passwd a And then try again to login to a tty. Just to be sure: you do realise that the password shown in /etc/shadow is the encrypted password and not the literal string to type in? (no offence). mvg, Guus