knoppix 3.2 root password ?

we11romario · September 26th, 2003

i just want to install a program. it's need the knoppix root password that i don't know.

GKort · September 26th, 2003

i think you meant:

i want to install this problem. I need the Knoppix root password, and i don't know it...

cant help ya, but maybe this translation will

DoktorSeven · September 29th, 2003

IIRC Knoppix creates a random root password. There's a menu item under "Knoppix" i think that opens a root shell (no pw needed), where you can launch the installer...

**ammoQ** · September 30th, 2003

in the shell, just write

sudo sh

and you have a root shell

DoktorSeven · October 1st, 2003

sh is in sudoers? Eep...

(I know, doesn't matter too much with Knoppix, but note that it's NOT a good thing to have sh in your sudoers normally

)

**ammoQ** · October 1st, 2003

It would be stupid on a normal installation, but it's fine with Knoppix. AFAIK, in previous versions of Knoppix, the user was root all the time - but this is dangerous, a unexperienced user might destroy something by accident. In current versions, the user has to sudo such potentially dangerous actions - so there is hope he know's what he's doing.

DoktorSeven · October 1st, 2003

Yeah, like I said, it's understandable in Knoppix. Just wanting everyone to know it's very dangerous otherwise.

September 26th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
we11romario *************i have stars Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Malang, Indonesia Posts: 80	knoppix 3.2 root password ? i just want to install a program. it's need the knoppix root password that i don't know.

September 26th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
GKort Banned Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 766	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? i think you meant: i want to install this problem. I need the Knoppix root password, and i don't know it... cant help ya, but maybe this translation will

September 29th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
DoktorSeven Insane Linux Advocate Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 271	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? IIRC Knoppix creates a random root password. There's a menu item under "Knoppix" i think that opens a root shell (no pw needed), where you can launch the installer... __________________ TITLE GOES HERE. // The Linux Blog Of Stuff Warning: my posts may be filled with sarcasm and/or lies. Proceed with caution. oldskool pc win: 1.5GHz P4/384MB/GeForce FX 5200 running GNU/Linux.

September 30th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
ammoQ Emu author Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 1,168	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? in the shell, just write sudo sh and you have a root shell __________________ If you think my English is bad, wait till you read my Polish.

October 1st, 2003	#5 (permalink)
DoktorSeven Insane Linux Advocate Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 271	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? sh is in sudoers? Eep... (I know, doesn't matter too much with Knoppix, but note that it's NOT a good thing to have sh in your sudoers normally ) __________________ TITLE GOES HERE. // The Linux Blog Of Stuff Warning: my posts may be filled with sarcasm and/or lies. Proceed with caution. oldskool pc win: 1.5GHz P4/384MB/GeForce FX 5200 running GNU/Linux.

October 1st, 2003	#6 (permalink)
ammoQ Emu author Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 1,168	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? It would be stupid on a normal installation, but it's fine with Knoppix. AFAIK, in previous versions of Knoppix, the user was root all the time - but this is dangerous, a unexperienced user might destroy something by accident. In current versions, the user has to sudo such potentially dangerous actions - so there is hope he know's what he's doing. __________________ If you think my English is bad, wait till you read my Polish.

October 1st, 2003	#7 (permalink)
DoktorSeven Insane Linux Advocate Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 271	Re: knoppix 3.2 root password ? Yeah, like I said, it's understandable in Knoppix. Just wanting everyone to know it's very dangerous otherwise. __________________ TITLE GOES HERE. // The Linux Blog Of Stuff Warning: my posts may be filled with sarcasm and/or lies. Proceed with caution. oldskool pc win: 1.5GHz P4/384MB/GeForce FX 5200 running GNU/Linux.

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