Mailing List Archive: cant login as root

Nick Smith wrote:

> fresh install, first reboot, cant login as root, i set the pass with
> passwd before i rebooted and its not working.
>
> login[6125]: FAILED LOGIN FAILED FROM /dev/vc/1 FOR root,
> authentication error.
>
> whats with the vc/1? where do i go from here? i hope i havent wasted a
> day and a half on this stage 1 install. :-/ any way to reset it?
>
> TIA
>
> nick
>
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nm, booted off the cd once again and was able to correct the error.

thanks anyway

nick

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