what does 'sudo su -' do? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Nadim Hoque wrote: > I do not know why that will not work for changing the root password. Try > this: > > 1. Sudo su - > 2. Passwd > On Jan 5, 2013 5:05 PM, wrote: > >> Just installed Kubuntu 12.10 again (now on my 4th installation attempt >> today) and still can't get it to work. >> >> This time, I used the "manual" install procedure to install only the root >> (/) partition since I already have /home installed on /dev/sda6 with all >> my files. >> >> But now I cannot access that /home partition. I'm stuck in a tmp/guest >> directory and I can neither change user to /home/joe nor can I use: 'sudo >> passwd root' because all attempts say "Operation not permitted" >> >> $ df >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 12396968 3571428 8195796 31% / >> udev 469488 4 469484 1% /dev >> tmpfs 192240 784 191456 1% /run >> none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock >> none 480592 84 480508 1% /run/shm >> none 102400 12 102388 1% /run/user >> /dev/sda6 175869792 23265668 152604124 14% /home >> none 480592 9512 471080 2% /tmp/guest-3sbRVN >> >> I am able to view /home/joe to confirm that all my files are there by >> going to CTRL+ALT+F1 and logging in as 'joe' ... and in the F1 terminal I >> can also use 'sudu passwd root' to reset the root password. But then when >> I go back to the KDE graphical desktop (F7) and open a terminal, I still >> cannot get into the /home directory or su to root. >> >> $ cat fstab shows this: >> >> # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation >> UUID=962718a7-f399-4173-8260-1d5c0249a8d3 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 >> # /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation >> UUID=5eb2a784-c640-4962-8a81-6f81a0ccca85 /home ext4 defaults 0 2 >> # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation >> UUID=c0c7f1be-ff0f-4f18-a86d-a98bd91d0e62 none swap sw 0 0 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >