Unable to login as root

[Grayh]

I am Unable to login as root...

By mistake i HAVE @ in my password...

I am not sure how to go from there

[Tim Nelson · Accepted solution]

try putting a \ in front of the @

e.g.

my\@password


or try to su to root after changing the erase char using stty. Then change the root password to something that does not use reserved chars.

[Tim Nelson]

BTW,

Reading the man page for passwd you will find "WARNING...Run Will Robinson !!! "


WARNINGS
Avoid password characters which have special meaning to the tty
driver, such as # (erase) and @ (kill). You may not be able to login
with these characters.

[Grayh]

I have tried my/@password but it didn't work...

GenericSysName [HP Release B.11.31] (see /etc/issue)
Console Login: root
Password:
Login incorrect
login:
GenericSysName [HP Release B.11.31] (see /etc/issue)

[Grayh]

Wow I was able to login...


Thank you

[Grayh]

Thank u... It worked

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Grayh:

> I have tried my/@password but it didn't work...


No, as Tim showed, use a backslash ('\') to escape the character. You show a foward slash which is wrong.

Regards!

...JRF...