10.3 Terminal problem
by DownSouth from LinuxQuestions.org on (#51XRQ)
Installed 32bit Deb 10.3 on 16GB USB via net install CD. Install went well.
First boot, all appeared fine - Net access etc. all OK. Looked to be a nice
responsive up-to-date system. Have re-booted several times and all OK.
Then i went to the terminal... and it refused to accept the root password.
I know this password is OK because I used it to access Synaptic which also
requires root password..
Checking this and other forums, discovered that "sudo" is no longer used
and has been replaced by "su' - but after experimenting, the only thing this
does is allow me to switch to username - so still no command funtions.
EG: If after switching to "username" I type "apt-get clean" it tells me...
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
And I assume these messages are a result of using my normal log-in password for
the switch to username, rather than the root password for access to the terminal
to use commands, even though this is the only time it's accepted ANY password.
As I've had no problems with the terminal in any other versions of Linus that I've installed, I'm wondering
just what is wrong. Everything, apart from the terminal, appears fine and functions properly.
Anyone have any plain-English solutions to this problem?
And er - hello BTW.
First boot, all appeared fine - Net access etc. all OK. Looked to be a nice
responsive up-to-date system. Have re-booted several times and all OK.
Then i went to the terminal... and it refused to accept the root password.
I know this password is OK because I used it to access Synaptic which also
requires root password..
Checking this and other forums, discovered that "sudo" is no longer used
and has been replaced by "su' - but after experimenting, the only thing this
does is allow me to switch to username - so still no command funtions.
EG: If after switching to "username" I type "apt-get clean" it tells me...
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
And I assume these messages are a result of using my normal log-in password for
the switch to username, rather than the root password for access to the terminal
to use commands, even though this is the only time it's accepted ANY password.
As I've had no problems with the terminal in any other versions of Linus that I've installed, I'm wondering
just what is wrong. Everything, apart from the terminal, appears fine and functions properly.
Anyone have any plain-English solutions to this problem?
And er - hello BTW.