Re: Upgrading from 10.0 to 10.1

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 11:20, Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> I can no longer log in.
>>
>> It starts to the graphical login screen. None of my credentials are accepted.
>>
>> "Login incorrect or forbidden by policy."
>>
>> At a text console, it says much the same:
>>
>> "Login incorrect or refused on this terminal."
>>
>> I guess I am stuck with reinstalling?
>
> Still poking at this.
>
> I booted in single-user mode. That works.
>
> I did `mount -a` and then tried to change root's password.
>
> It won't. It takes new one and confirmation and then says:
>
> Couldn't generate salt.
> Unable to change auth token: Error in service module.

Did you check if the root filesystem was mounted read-only at this point?