odd passwd problem.
Debian-arm netinstall on a pi3b;
No root pw set, I am housebroken to using sudo now.
netinstall didn't install x anything although I thought I was selecting
xfce4, so my first action on the reboot was to
"sudo apt install xfce4". reboot, works, have x and 4 workspaces.
Then "sudo apt install build-essential and buildbot, cups". reboot,
worked once, login normal. Then I plugged in a 120GB ssd which had a
bunch of src stuff on it I'll need later and powered up again. Can't
login, passwd no good. Dbl check, caps lock off, try again several
times, passwd no good.
Come to the house and ssh -Y picnc. passwd good, I have 2 sessions
running right now from konsoles on this machine. Back to the garage,
passwd fails.
Suggested course of action? I do have access to it via ssh. And sudo -i
works.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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