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(Q: What is the root password?)
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==== Q: What is the root password? ====
 
  
A:
 
 
'''Live CD:
 
 
From the [[Using FAQ]] : there is none; in Knoppix LiveCD all passwords are locked by default.
 
 
You can set root password 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."
 
 
'''Hard disk installation:
 
Open a console window (monitor icon on taskbar) and use the command su then enter the root password.
 
 
If you added a user but are unable to 'su' or 'sudo' once logged in as a user, you may not have set a 'root' password during the install process. Reboot with the KNOPPIX disc, mount the harddrive partition that contains your freshly installed KNOPPIX files:
 
*For me it was
 
**'''mount /dev/hda1
 
*Change root to harddisk:
 
**'''chroot /mnt/hda1
 
*Then edit the sudoers file (not 'vi /etc/sudoers' because that's the OS in RAM)
 
**'''visudo
 
*For an easier editor use:
 
**'''EDITOR=mcedit visudo
 
*Then change the line:
 
KNOPPIX      ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
 
*to the username you have set up already, example:
 
bob      ALL=NOPASSWD: All
 
*Reboot from your harddrive and then create the 'root' password:
 
**'''sudo passwd
 
*done
 
 
 
*More information:
 
 
See : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_(computing) Root (computing) on wikipedia]
 
 
 
 
 
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