HappyDays
09-25-2005, 11:45 PM
Alls I want to do is be able to move some files on my NTFS drive.
I was told to use the following commands:
"mount -t ntfs /dev/hdaX /mnt/hdaX"
- or -
"mount -o remount,rw /mnt/"
Both of which say "mount: only root can do that"
So I go into settings and go to Users and Password, and I thought that I needed to change the password so it logs my in as root. So I read this:
"There is none; all passwords are locked/scrambled 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.
However, in some older 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.""
And it takes my password, even though my curser does not move, but when I click change password in the Control Panel it says that my password is incorrect.
I have been asking around for the past week can someone please help me.
I was told to use the following commands:
"mount -t ntfs /dev/hdaX /mnt/hdaX"
- or -
"mount -o remount,rw /mnt/"
Both of which say "mount: only root can do that"
So I go into settings and go to Users and Password, and I thought that I needed to change the password so it logs my in as root. So I read this:
"There is none; all passwords are locked/scrambled 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.
However, in some older 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.""
And it takes my password, even though my curser does not move, but when I click change password in the Control Panel it says that my password is incorrect.
I have been asking around for the past week can someone please help me.