[SOLVED] Cannot 'su'

[veerloh]

Hi

When i type 'su' in single user mode, I get
sh-3.2#user root does not exist

And when i try to change the passwd in single user mode by
sh-3.2#mount -o remount, rw /
sh-3.2#passwd
passwd:cannot identify you!

Also before entering into single user mode it prints:
MAKE DEV: no such user as root.
MAKE DEV: no such user as root.

id: cannot find name for user id 0

I have dual boot windows xp and Fedora 8. I am very new to linux.

PLease help me.

[vickey_20]

try 'whoami' on single user mode. I m not sure ( as I m also a newbie) but u r logged in as root only.

[shadeslayer]

Hi,

try below link, it discusses similar issue as you have mentioned.

justlinux.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-110510.html

[vickey_20]

which Linux OS are u using

[devils casper]

Single User Mode boot up with full administrative privileges and there is no need to execute su command in single user shell.
Does machine boot up fine in default mode, 3?

[vickey_20]

I tried the same thing in Fedora 10 , but results were noraml. SU makes me root, whoami in sh shows root.

[veerloh]

Thanks guys.. for some reason i was not able to post any replies. But now i am


I finally got the issue solved. The uid for the user root was missing. I initially disabled the SELINUX and then edited the /etc/passwd file to include root uid.

Then i was able to login into the system

Thnks all of you