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Hey,
I installed Backtrack KDE in my computer about a week ago, everything was working fine until I upgraded software through software center in backtrack, it was quite a long update. After updating, the computer restarted and new GUI login Authentication appeared. I tried to enter root/toor login as usual, But i got a message "Root is disabled" then I switched to console and then made a new account(root was working fine in console) and set its directory, when I login with the newly created username by 'startx' or with GUI window, it logon, but nothing it there , the result is in the image below,

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58938[^]


any help plz :(
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Usernames (and passwords) are case sensitive. The root username on unix/linux is 'root'. If you have added a username 'Root', then this is a different name. If you are used to Microsoft machines, usernames on Windows are not case sensitive (but the password is). On linux, both username and password are case sensitive. I'm repeating myself now, time to quit. :-)

[update after pasztorpisti's comment]
pasztorpisti is correct that the root username is often disabled, and this is good practice. The recommended way to get to privileged state on a machine is to login to a username on the machine that is in the sudoers group, and use either the sudo or su commands to elevate to root privileges.

If you can get to console and create a new login, then establish that new username in sudoers group, login to it and use sudo/su from there...
 
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saad_lah 19-Aug-13 3:07am    
Thanx for replying,

but as i mentioned above I entered root/toor as username and password, but it doesn't work after update :(
pasztorpisti 19-Aug-13 4:02am    
+5 for the answer. additionally I would mention that on some systems root is indeed disabled. I don't know how because I'm not a linux hacker but on some systems you can only perform administrative tasks with sudo and maybe su if these commands are installed and your user is among the "sudoers". If you have sudo and your user is enabled then you can start for example your favorite shell with sudo like "sudo bash". sudo may ask for password but its the password of your current user and not the root password!
saad_lah 20-Aug-13 10:31am    
I created a new account and set its group, but there is no home directory i.e where the stuff like bash, shells, backtrack files etc, are present, and it shows me the screen I mentioned in the above link,
Any idea, how can I move root contents with an error "access denied" to new created account Uni ?
P.S: I dont think there is any problem with sudo bash
pasztorpisti 20-Aug-13 10:37am    
A useful info regarding user creation: There are two commands: adduser and useradd. One of them does almost nothing while the other sets up for example a home dir too. Use google and read about them. This part of linux administration is quite well documented, I don't think you need me in learning this stuff.
saad_lah 20-Aug-13 10:50am    
I tried both useradd and adduser with usermod and set the home dir,groups,audio,video setup, but nothing happened, it only creates the user with no home dir. I am leaving the topic here and giving you 5 votes because you helped me :)

P.S: I am just trying to learning about backtrack, there is no cruel intentions behind it. :)

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