On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I did follow the exact link, but the instruction given do not work. > > First question: > what would i type after: sudo apt-get update, when asked for password? > (tried nothing, root, ... temppwd - nothing works)
"temppwd" it's been that for over 5 years by default.. You changed something... > > login as: ubuntu > [email protected]'s password: > Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.8.13-bone63 armv7l) > > * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ > Last login: Wed Aug 13 17:36:43 2014 from 192.168.7.1 > ubuntu@arm:~$ sudo apt-get update > [sudo] password for ubuntu: > Sorry, try again. > [sudo] password for ubuntu: > > Second question: > The instruction at the link says: > > Enabling > > To actually enable root logins first you have to set a password for the root > account and then unlock the locked root account. If you don't set a password > for the root account the passwd command will return > > passwd: unlocking the password would result in a passwordless account. > > So, rirst execute in a terminal > > sudo passwd root > > you will prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice(second for > confirmation). > > Then execute > > sudo passwd -u root > > to unlock the account. This should return > > passwd: password expiry information changed > > From theory to reality: > > > ubuntu@arm:~$ sudo passwd root > [sudo] password for ubuntu: Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
