Hello, /etc/passwd does not store the password, a hashed version of the password is stored in /etc/shadow If the directory isn't being mounted, can you please post the contents of /etc/fstab ? You can also check dmesg and journalctl to see if you have messages relating to the mounting of the /home/ partition On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:25 PM, message <letter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Readers, > > A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system > during the installation process; this directory contained files in a > directory 'a'. > > A user was created from the root user account: > > useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a'] > > After reboot, the system is restarted as root because the user 'a' is > stated to not exist. The command 'cat /etc/passwd' reveals a password 'x', > but this is not the password that was entered. > > How to solve this error? >
