On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Dave Grundgeiger wrote:
I'm an experienced developer, but I'm new to Linux. When I installed
gNewSense today, it asked me to set up a username/password, but I
don't recall it asking me to set up a password for root. Now when I
try to do 'su' in a terminal window, it asks me for a password. No
password I try works. I've tried the password for the login I set
up, I've tried 'password' and 'Password' and I tried leaving it
blank. I searched the mailing list archives and Google, but couldn't
find any info.
I assume that gNewSense follows the Ubuntu practice of disabling
root logins. It's a good thought, but not entirely practical.
All that's needed is to give root a password, and then it can be
used in the normal way:
sudo passwd
Give sudo your own password, if it asks for one.
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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