from http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqUsing:
Q: What is the root password? A: There is none; all passwords are locked by default. You can set it by going Knoppix Menu->Root Shell and typing "passwd", then enterting a root password, also there are several sections you can read dealing with this subject in KNOPPIX/README_Security.txt. You can also type "sudo su" or "sudo -s" in any console window, or use <ctr>-<alt>-F2 to get at the text console with already opened root shell. Apparently, however, in some versions of Knoppix, if you type 'sudo -s', it will ask for a password. If you simply press return without entering anything, it will tell you 'Authentication Failed." Use the app "partimage" (http://www.partimage.org) from a shell prompt. Nice app for backing up drives. John Hebert -----Original Message----- From: will hill To: [email protected] Sent: 9/2/03 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] knoppix rocks John Heber knows the ways around this. I imagine mounting an NFS drive as the "knoppix" user or chown a local hard drive as root to the "knoppix" user will fix your problems. What do you say, John? On 2003.09.01 22:30 Brad N Bendily wrote: > I tried to use Knoppix to make an image of a hard drive. > First I couldn't find the software to make the image, > then when I thought I did find something I had to be > root to run it, since you can't load the GUI as the root > user I had to run it from the command line and then > I couldn't get the root user to connect to the display 0. > > Anyone else have any luck doing this that can offer > some suggestions? > > Thanks! > -- > Brad Bendily - CNA > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
