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#1 2009-08-21 09:39:37
- ForeverNoob
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Empty root password [Solved]
Hi Folks,
I've installed arch+gnome but probably forgot to set root password and now I can only log as a regular user. Is there a way around this?
TIA
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#2 2009-08-21 10:08:23
- 10wattmindtrip
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
I would just reinstall to save headaches. If it's just a clean install it's no biggy.
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#3 2009-08-21 10:11:03
- DrTankMC
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
Shouldn't you be able to log into a terminal as root and leave the password blank as it is when you first start an installation? If so you can do a "passwd root" (i think).
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#4 2009-08-21 10:18:21
- krolden
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
boot from a liveCD, mount the appropriate drives, chroot into it and set root passwd
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#5 2009-08-21 10:21:40
- plurt
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Password_recovery would be the appropriate wiki page to solve your issue
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#6 2009-08-21 10:24:22
- ForeverNoob
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
Shouldn't you be able to log into a terminal as root and leave the password blank as it is when you first start an installation? If so you can do a "passwd root" (i think).
Tried to log into terminal as root, but it wouldn't let me. "passwd root" says "You may not view or modify password information for root".
TY
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#7 2009-08-21 10:26:10
- ForeverNoob
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
I would just reinstall to save headaches. If it's just a clean install it's no biggy.
Will do that if everything else fails. It's only a clean install on a vmware machine, so nothing will be lost (except for a few hours of packages downloaded).
TY
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#8 2009-08-21 10:30:57
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
what about "sudo passwd root"?
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#9 2009-08-21 12:06:33
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
boot in init 1
enter
passwd
provide new root password
hope this will help
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#10 2009-08-21 13:35:53
- ForeverNoob
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Re: Empty root password [Solved]
boot in init 1
enter
passwd
provide new root passwordhope this will help
Great! that worked. Thanks a lot.
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