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 >