Root

Q: What is the root password?

A:

• !Live CD

From the [[[Faq Using]]] : 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 (clam shell icon or terminal 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

• Then edit the sudoers file (not 'vi /etc/sudoers' because that's the OS in RAM)

vi /mnt/hda1/etc/sudoers

• 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 : [1]

Q: What is a root directory?

A: See [2]