what does 'sudo su -' do?<br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Nadim Hoque <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nadimhoque@gmail.com" target="_blank">nadimhoque@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">I do not know why that will not work for changing the root password. Try this:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. Sudo su -<br>
2. Passwd</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 5, 2013 5:05 PM, <<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com" target="_blank">joe@actionline.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Just installed Kubuntu 12.10 again (now on my 4th installation attempt<br>
today) and still can't get it to work.<br>
<br>
This time, I used the "manual" install procedure to install only the root<br>
(/) partition since I already have /home installed on /dev/sda6 with all<br>
my files.<br>
<br>
But now I cannot access that /home partition. I'm stuck in a tmp/guest<br>
directory and I can neither change user to /home/joe nor can I use: 'sudo<br>
passwd root' because all attempts say "Operation not permitted"<br>
<br>
$ df<br>
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on<br>
/dev/sda1 12396968 3571428 8195796 31% /<br>
udev 469488 4 469484 1% /dev<br>
tmpfs 192240 784 191456 1% /run<br>
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock<br>
none 480592 84 480508 1% /run/shm<br>
none 102400 12 102388 1% /run/user<br>
/dev/sda6 175869792 23265668 152604124 14% /home<br>
none 480592 <a href="tel:9512%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0471080" value="+19512471080" target="_blank">9512 471080</a> 2% /tmp/guest-3sbRVN<br>
<br>
I am able to view /home/joe to confirm that all my files are there by<br>
going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and logging in as 'joe' ... and in the F1 terminal I<br>
can also use 'sudu passwd root' to reset the root password. But then when<br>
I go back to the KDE graphical desktop (F7) and open a terminal, I still<br>
cannot get into the /home directory or su to root.<br>
<br>
$ cat fstab shows this:<br>
<br>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation<br>
UUID=962718a7-f399-4173-8260-1d5c0249a8d3 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1<br>
# /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation<br>
UUID=5eb2a784-c640-4962-8a81-6f81a0ccca85 /home ext4 defaults 0 2<br>
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation<br>
UUID=c0c7f1be-ff0f-4f18-a86d-a98bd91d0e62 none swap sw 0 0<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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