knoppix 3.3 'default' root passwd???

**Cerebrus** · 06-15-2004, 09:08 AM

hey dudes i just wanna do a simple install to one of my mounted drives but i dont have 'any' write permissions....

**Cerebrus** · 06-21-2004, 06:55 AM

oh comon, 57 views but no answer??......

**Markus** · 06-21-2004, 08:01 AM

From the faq:

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."

If you meant running the installer script you can use: sudo knoppix-installer
OTOH if you mean activating write permissions on partitions you can right-click the desktop icon and select "change read/write mode" or some such.

**Cuddles** · 06-21-2004, 01:26 PM

Nice reply/post Markus

( Can I use it the next time someone asks a question that has more than 550 posts on the exact same question? )

Possibly Cerebrus, you could have used the Search Knoppix.net box in the above, typed in root password, and gotten hundreds of posts with the exact same question in them, a lot of which, have many "diverse" responses to them... Awww, heck, I'll do it for you...

Here ya go, the results for your puruse...

http://www.google.com/search?q=root+...te:knoppix.net

No diss, or flame, intended here, just that this question has come up a lot of times, actually, about 891 times, to be exact, thats all...

Hope this helps,
Ms. Cuddles