August 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM, "Osama Albahrani" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Osama%20Albahrani%22%20%3Cosalbahr%40gmail.com%3E > wrote:
> > Hi, > I am using Fedora and ran: > > $ qemu-kvm -m 2G -drive file=$(echo debian-hurd*.img),cache=writeback > -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22 > > (as in the hurd-install doc) > > Waited for the VM to boot, logged in, and then from the host: > > $ ssh -p 2222 root@localhost > > And I am getting a password prompt even though root does not have a password. > > Is there a step I’m missing? > > I tried to `systemctl start ssh` in the VM but the `systemctl` command does > not exist. > > Best, > Osama Try pressing return when it asks for a password. That's how you send an empty password string. Also it would be a good idea to set a root password. :) # passwd
