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  1. 09-07-2007 #1
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    Root account with no password.

    Hello, I'd like to do something that is opposite to this forum's name: I'd like to login as root without the need to specify the password. How do I do this?
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    Just curious... why would you want a root account with no security?
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    i think edditing /etc/shadow file or passing single as kernel argument would work for this(atleast temporarlly)
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    Quote Originally Posted by kyku
    Hello, I'd like to do something that is opposite to this forum's name: I'd like to login as root without the need to specify the password. How do I do this?
    Enable AutoLogin and set root as default user. But as already mentioned by fellow members, its really a very bad idea.
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  5. 09-07-2007 #5
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    I'm building an embedded system that only trained operators will have physical access to. I guess that having them to memorize a password is a bit of overkill.
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    Alrighty. If you are using any Login Manager then enabling AutoLogin will be best solution imho.
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    If you are not using a login manager, you can automatically login from the CLI. There are a some tips here that could help.
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