Unlock A LUKS Encrypted Root Partition Via SSH On Ubuntu - cannot log in

[flapjack]

hello,

I follow this howto: http://howtoforge.com/unlock-a-luks-...-ssh-on-ubuntu
everything is fine until I try to log in remotely to unlock the volume, this is what I'm getting:

and its of no use, it doesn't take user's password
as you can see network works
what can possibly be wrong with that?

thanks
Marc

[falko]

Can you check the logs, or can't you log in at all?

[flapjack]

I can log on the machine, I cannot log in remotely via putty - it just says wrong password

[sayad]

then it is surely the registtering problem , try to chek it definitely that your administrated passwords are right.

[flapjack]

there's only one user and I'm sure im typing it right

[flapjack]

ok I figured out, that it works on one condition:

DO NOT DELETE ROOT PASSWORD using
sudo passwd -l root like it's explained in the howto

but what if I don't want the root account to be enabled?

[falko]

You can become root by typing

sudo su