Fedora :: Loaded 13 Recently And Soon Couldn't Access 'Root"?
Jul 28, 2010
Old windows user finally real tired of them.. Kudos to Fedora 13 as the only popular Linux OS available for us frugal folk that embraced proprietary hardware on my old pukey hp pavilion laptop dv4000 wi fi card.Sad to report massive issues after allowing some 330+ updates to possibly infect this great OS. I'm currently running this 'Live" so I'm staying brief. My strategy will be to not allow any updating until I'm sure they are trusted and or needed, as this is the chosen OS, and I pledge to be moe involved as I try to figure out where or why this initial install went way south
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Feb 19, 2011
I was using the latest stable release of Debian, dual-booted alongside Windows Vista, with the GNOME desktop, installed via netinst, trying to build and install a library that I knew and trusted, when suddenly I couldn't open the Root Terminal. I clicked the link (in Applications->Accessories (I think, whatever the top one is)->Root Terminal), and in the taskbar I saw an item that said "Starting Root Terminal". A few seconds later, that went away, but the terminal still wasn't open. I tried the regular user terminal, to see the same thing happen. Unsure of what was happening, I tried restarting my computer, since that's always the first step you should take in computer problems.
When I restarted, GNOME wouldn't start. The screen would flash a bit for a few seconds, then a dialog box would appear over a background of static that said "The greeter application is crashing. Attempting another one...".t would then go back to the DOS-style kernel, wait a second, and then the same thing would happen. After several of that, I would get a blue screen which said something to the effect of "It has been detected that the desktop environment has crashed six times in the past 30 seconds.
Waiting two minutes before trying again." When it did that, I tried logging in as root to assess the problem. I gave it the correct password, but it said that it was an incorrect login. After several tries (to ensure I didn't mistype the password), I logged in as myself. Same problem. I tried the su command, with the correct password, and it said it couldn't authorise it.
After a lengthy conversation with a friend of mine who was very good with computers, he basically summarised that he had no clue, but that his best guess would be a virus. Upon running the Linux installer, I found the Repair option. Not being particularly familiar with Linux, I used it simply to backup my important files onto a flash drive. I then tried running the Install option, in an attempt to simply write over my existing Linux and make it new again. The installer, however, consistently froze up when trying to start the partitioner, on the "Checking disks..." stage. I figured it was a problem with my partition. In my naivete, I simply used the Windows tools to clear that partition... It destroyed GRUB too, so I couldn't run any OS. I figured my computer was pretty well screwed, and at that point just decided to bring it into the shop and have them completely wipe it.
my computer was backed up onto an external hard driven I brought it back, I reinstalled Windows. Upon restart, it said that it was still looking for GRUB, which made no sense to me. After messing around with it a bit, I decided to just reinstall Linux too. To my lack of surprise, that fixed the problem. Both OS' now ran just fine. The first thing I did on Debian was to install the Clam Anti-Virus, which I understood to be one of the best Linux anti-viruses. However, within about 10 hours, got the same problem as originally. I wasn't doing any of the same things, and between the lack of consistency in activities and the fact that I had an anti-virus running,figured it wasn't a virus. Not knowing what to do, I just left it and have been using Windows since.
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Mar 30, 2011
about 6 months ago I installed Ubuntu because my Windows XP had been partially corrupted and was screwing up. One month ago I formated the drive XP was on and installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on it; I couldn't dual boot so I looked online, found EasyBCD 2.0, installed it, and from what I can tell, I need GRUB on my Ubuntu side to be able to boot it, before this I didn't even know what GRUB was.
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Jul 6, 2011
I connected my laptop running with Ubuntu 11 in the LAN but I couldn't access internet.But I could ping to the other computers connected in the LAN. I tried the same thing with windows 7 in the same laptop and I could access internet.
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Nov 13, 2010
create a VM here with virsh. I've managed to create the XML file and got it to work properly, however running it is the problem. These are the errors I get error: Failed to start domain Cent-OS, internal error process exited while connecting to monitor: open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory ,Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support qemu: could not open disk image /media/55D123D9E79ABF54/VM/Cent-OS-5.5.img: Permission denied
I've tried setting SElinux to permissive mode.
Fedora 14 X64
hypervisor qemu
XML:
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Dec 31, 2009
I'm trying to launch a root terminal with a profile preloaded, but I'm not yet used to the way gnome handles its syntax, so the default link to root terminal:
Code:
Apparently, the method using gnome-terminal is to add a trailing
Code:
But this did not work, probably because in this case I'm not calling directly on gnome's terminal.
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Aug 19, 2010
I was under the impression that /etc/environment was the place to put variables if you wanted them to be available to all users at all times. But I just realized root which is running my service processes doesn't seem to load it.My /etc/environment:
Code:
RAILS_ENV="production"
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
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Jun 22, 2011
I have iMac 2.4GHz with rEFIT installed. I installed Unity on one of the partition. Kernel is still 2.6.38.8. I am getting error message when I run the command
sudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf
The error message is
(gedit:2139): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.AC7YXV': No such file or directory
(gedit:2139): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory
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Apr 17, 2010
I have recently installed Debian 504 AMD64, when I try to access "System" --> "Administration" --> "Users and groups" logged in as root, I get the following message:
"The configuration could not be loaded. You are not allowed to access the system configuration."
The system does not even ask for a password and the result is the same if I log in as a normal user.
I have installed from a single ISO DVD downloaded from the internet and read the DVDs of my previous Debian distro to install packages not included on DVD 1 of Debian 504 although I do not think this unusual approach can have any effect on the installation. I suspect I'll have to boot in single user mode but I have never done any troubleshooting at the command line.
(/etc/passwd and /etc shadow look OK).
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Mar 25, 2010
I performed a fresh install on my computer and everything seemed to work just fine. I then rebooted the machine and the first thing the comp asked for was a username and password in a command prompt. I entered my info and then the comp just sat there showing my username and @ubuntu (or something that i can't remember right now - I am at work). What command do i need to enter to get to the installed desktop. I actually wanted to install Ubuntu Studio but the computer i was on had an old DVD drive that was not working well and would not allow itself to be detected. Then I tried loading the ISO data on a USB but that did not fly either. I ended up using unetbootin to load the data my usb but then the install wanted to download data from the web rather than my thumbdrive. how to A) get in to my Ubuntu desktop and B)get the studio version loaded up once i have access to the desktop?
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Feb 1, 2011
In other UNIX-like OS I can go to an rc file (like kdmrc) and find the line "Allow root access at login=no" and change it to yes. How would I do this in Fedora-12, or what do I need to do to obtain permanent root accessed including with-in the GUI and not just at the command-line. I use only GNOME for Fedora-12
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Jun 13, 2010
need it for a project. basically, im working off a cluster that runs on linux, i dont really know what distribution it is, but i dont think it will matter too much. Im trying to install something. I dled the source code did "./configure"d then i went into src directory and did "make install". the error message is that, i cannot create the directory /usr/local/lib/vmd. so...i believe this is because i am my own user and not the root...is there anyway to get around this? i need to install this and avoid asking the root user to do it for me
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Aug 12, 2010
If there is a general NFS share in the LAN and for example this share has three files - a, b, c is there any way to restrict file access to the root user of e particular host(falcon) in the same LAN environment while the normal users from the same host(falcon) should be able to access the NFS share & files a, b,
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Nov 9, 2010
Recently I have installed FEDORA 14 genome on my toshiba sat. L510 laptop.I am using windows 7 ultimate on the other end.My laptop in working fine with both OS.When I tried to install my mobile BB i.e. ZTE USB modem
We need 3 packages1. usb_modswitch2. usb_modswitch.data3. wvdialAfter that I tried to edit the /etc/wvdial.conf to put the[Dialer cdma] details........it asks for root access.I have tried to gain it from terminalused command
[localhost@arul]$su -l
login: root
password: arul315
[code]....
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Nov 26, 2009
I just upgraded to Fedora 12 on my computer. Now I can't connect to the net. Under network I show the two connections (neither working). The "connect" and "disconnect" AND the "delete" buttons are all grayed out (?). I also can't log in as root to try to gain more access. Probably just a new way of doing things. I was upgrading from F7 so it was a bit of a jump.
Does the network utility work differently from 7? Am I now rootless? It would seem that my wifi card sees the net as I can see the routers out there, but can't connect. I'm sure I'm using the correct WEP.
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Jan 19, 2009
I am running Fedora 10 new install. lsdvd gives an error when trying to access the dvd. If I issue chmod 766 /dev/dvd then it works fine. Is there a way to set this a boot so access to the dvd does not require root password?
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Oct 20, 2010
I have a dell inspiron 2200 that has a pentium dual core and have been running Fedora 13 flawlessly I just noticed recently that my battery wasn't charging. It says battery fully charged at 0.0? And some days can't really recall it charges is there a way to fix this? I am running 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.i686
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Jun 4, 2010
I've been having some problems with ufw on ubuntu 10.04. I didn't realize until just recently that the problem was ufw. I couldn't access gmail, or yahoo, or delicious, or gwibber -- or really most things that required logging in -- properly.
Then I noticed that disabling ufw made all the problems go away. But I'd like to have a firewall in place. I can't figure out what rules I need to put in ufw so that I can keep ufw active. I enabled http, https, imap, a few other ports too -- but nothing seemed to do the trick. So long as ufw was active, I couldn't access a bunch of sites.
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Oct 6, 2009
I'm currently running a dual boot (VistaFedora 11) system. I've noticed that the first time I access files on the Windows partition (via Nautilus GUI) I'm prompted for root access. However, on subsequent attempts to access the Windows partition I am NOT prompted for root access (even after I close/re-open Nautilus). My concern is that I'm leaving my root access "open".
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Nov 24, 2010
I just want to know how can I access root graphically if I want to paste a folder or write something then I have to do it by terminal I want to do it as graphically. If I am not wrong some thing like this system I found on fedora 8 but I want to do it in fedora 14. even f14 gedit not working.
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Nov 17, 2008
I have configured apache on my Centos 5.2 and it is working well. I want to have a sym link of my docs directory in /root/ in the apache root directory. I used ln -s command to create this sym link. But when I tried to access this I get the following error:
You don't have permission to access /docs on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
How can I access this directory in apache. i use apache 2.0.63.
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Nov 9, 2010
Recently I have installed FEDORA 14 genome on my toshiba sat. L510 laptop. I am using windows 7 ultimate on the other end. My laptop in working fine with both OS. When I tried to install my mobile BB i.e. ZTE USB modem We need 3 packages
1. usb_modswitch
2. usb_modswitch.data
3. wvdial
After that I tried to edit the /etc/wvdial.conf to put the [Dialer cdma] details.it asks for root access. I have tried to gain it from terminal used command
[localhost@arul]$su -l
login: root
password: arul315
which i have used throughout the installation. stiil it says login invalid I need to get it work because i cannot edit any file from gedit and i cannot get on the net so for every tutorial which i want to see i need to reboot the system login to win 7 then save page as HTML return to Fedora and try to get it done Still it fails as i dont hav root access....
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Apr 17, 2009
I've recently removed some packages and now have a problem with fonts. how to get list of removed packages (for example, last 10)?
P.S. I'am using yum-remove-with-leaves plugin.
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Jul 16, 2010
I did recently install aria2 and everything installed smoothly. but i am not able to locate it. I know it will be in the applications->internet but its not there.
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Jan 30, 2011
I've recently re-installed my operating system after a system problem. I am running F14 and Rhythmbox 0.13.2. I had all my music files backed up and have copied all the all the backed up files to /home/Music. I also ripped four CDs today and put them in the same folder. Then I started Rhythmbox and went to import the /Music folder for the first time since the new install.
The only folders imported from the Music folder were the files from the four CDs I ripped today. It would not import any of the other subfolders or files. The new files were ogg format and that is what most of the non-imported files were. I tried importing the Music folder with Amorok and it worked fine so there files seem to be OK. Any idea why it isn't working in Rhythmbox?
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Jun 14, 2011
i installed my desktop environment from synaptic manager! so when i restarted my computer i couldn't log into the desktop environment. How can i recover from this? Also,how can i access my home folder from a live cd?
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Apr 9, 2011
First, I am new to linux I just finished installing Fedora 14 on a different PC which I will be using solely to explore Linux. However the first annoying problem I encountered was that I can't do a lot of things without Linux asking me for the root password. This has become really annoying, I want to stop fedora from asking for root authentication every time I want to explore something here and there.
Among the work-arounds that I've tried and didn't quite work for me are:
1. login as root on the kdm - I can login as root but because I am also encouraging my sister to explore fedora 14 she needs the same access as root too. We have our own preferences so we both need individual accounts that have same access level as root.
2. change userid to 0 (same as root) and modify groups to be exactly the same as root's groups - very bad solution, what it did was make my user a sort of "alias" for the root. It basically uses the same /root/ folder, same settings and all that stuff. Again, my sister and I need separate accounts for a more personal feel.
3. use terminal and go sudo, sudoers, etc - very bad idea, I want to explore using the kde gui. And again I want to eliminate the inconvenience of having to type things over and over again. I'd rather type the password over and over again than having to use terminal and sudo everything.
4. beesu, gksu - anyone knows how to make linux automatically wrap everything with beesu/gksu?
since we are just exploring, we are willing to trade the systems, integrity and security for the convenience of having freedom to explore everything in it. I don't care, it could blow up the pc for all I care (it's old and for experiment anyway).
This exploring linux of ours is a make or break for us to using linux. If there is no solution to this problem, we'll probably scrap the whole "migrate to linux" idea.
I thinking of making Linux recognize our user id the same way it recognizes uid 0 but I have no idea how to do this.
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Feb 1, 2011
1. yum install vsftpd
2. service vsftpd start [ok]
3. nmap from outside verifies tcp 21 is open for business
4. ftp myipaddress.com results in login failed for user root.
I want to login as root and have access to '/' as my home directory. What do I have to do to get this to work?
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May 13, 2010
I have no idea how I did it. All of a sudden I couldn't access synaptic so I restarted my system and the login screen wouldn't show up. I tried dpkg --configure -a and sudo apt-get install -f. I can't access my system at all.
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Feb 8, 2011
I've had installed my new Ubuntu onto my 500 GB Seagate.Before I done any of that, my old Ubuntu I installed was installed into my laptop hard drive. It stopped working cause it couldn'tfind /ubuntu/disks/root.disk something like that.I'm right now using Ubuntu, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to mount my sdb5...
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 60242 483890176 83 Linux
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