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Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

From: Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran(at)gmail.com>
Date: Sun Nov 04 2007 - 01:44:35 EDT

Redefined Horizons wrote:

> Andrew,
> 
> You are probably correct. I didn't think about encryption. I'm going
> to give the system rescue cd another shot.

usermod --password would be useful in a script. If you are going to do it manually, just use "passwd <username>" as root.

> 
> Scott Huey
> 
> On 11/3/07, Andrew Sackville-West  wrote:

>> On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote:
>>> I've run into a problem after I performed the following:
>>>
>>> [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command.
>>> [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command.
>> according to man usermod, the --password command expects an encrypted
>> password. did you supply encrypted passwords?
>>
>>> [3] Added a new user with a password using the useradd command.
>>>
>>> After making these changes I could no longer log in as the root user
>>> or the non-root user for whom I changed the password. I also could not
>>> log in as the new user. I tried this with both old and new passwords.
>>> (All user names were recognized, but Debian is telling me the
>>> passwords are incorrect.)
>>>
>>> I booted with the System Rescue CD and followed the advice at this link:
>>>
>>> http://www.debianadmin.com/forgot-root-password-or-reset-root-password-in-debian.html
>>>
>>> When I edited the etc/shadow file I found the passwords for the root
>>> user, non-root user, and new user to be exactly as I had set them with
>>> the usermod and useradd commands. The passwords are the same ones that
>>> failed. I reset them using nano and System Rescue CD.
>> did you reset them or delete them? I think you need to delete them
>> (remove the characters between the first and second colon) because
>> they get stored in an encrypted method. You'd have to know what wacky
>> string to type so that the encrypted output matches whatever plain
>> text is in there...
>>
>> I think go back in through system rescue cd, delete the passwords, log
>> in with blank passwords and then change them using passwd.
>>> After a reboot the original passwords, the new passwords, and the
>>> passwords reset using the System Rescue CD all failed.
>>>
>>> Note: I had one existing non-root user whose password I did not
>>> modify. I can still log into my system using this user. I am know
>>> backing up that users data in case I have to reinstall.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea what is going on? I'm really wishing that I
>>> wouldn't have reset that root password now. It's the last time I'll
>>> ever do that.
>> well, better to learn to do it properly than not do it at all...
>>

-- 
Raj Kiran Grandhi


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