sudo passwd root -- operation not permitted

[Michael Havens]

try taking a hammer to it. lol
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:

> > I do not know why that will not work for changing the root password. Try
> > this:
> >
> > 1. Sudo su -
> > 2. Passwd
>
> Still responds with "Operation not permitted"
>
>
> > On Jan 5, 2013 5:05 PM, <joe at actionline.com> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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