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02-22-2006	#1 (permalink)
Linux1245 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 55	Please Help------root Password I just installed knoppix on my laptop with Windows XP. I previously had Fedora Core 4 and I just installed knoppix. I was never asked to put in a user or root password during installation. I don't know what my root password is because it didn't ask me for it. Any ideas on how to get it or any other ideas. Please respond. Thank you. ~Linux1245

02-22-2006	#2 (permalink)
AlexK Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 3,380	In the command line do the following: Code: su - passwd that will set the root password for your system. __________________ Life is complex, it has a real part and an imaginary part.

02-22-2006	#3 (permalink)
Linux1245 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 55	thank you so much. Now I do not know my account password. I tried passwd without doing su but it asks for (current) UNIX password and I entered my root password but it said incorrect. Any ideas? Thanks again. ~Linux1245

02-22-2006	#4 (permalink)
kkubasik Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lat: 39:03:51N Lon: 77:14:37W Posts: 2,397	Code: su sudo - should do the trick __________________ Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux A Penny for your Thoughts Formerly Known as qub333

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