Re: Debian-Live 7.6.0 usb username & password?
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Jimmy Johnson
<420.christian.single@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/06/2014 11:15 AM, me@raseone.com wrote:
Someone likes confusing usernames. :-P
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am attempting to run Debian-Live 7.6.0 from a usb drive (version found
>> here http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/bt-hybrid/)
>> and I am unable to log in to the default user or root account.
>
> There is not any
default
> root password.
In other words (if I recall correctly) you are automatically logged in
at boot as the default non-root user. From there,
> You can switch to root with sudo -i or set a
> password for root with sudo passwd.
And, if my memory is right, you can't log in to a virtual console as
root until you set a password.
(Somebody correct me if my memory's bad here.)
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Joel Rees
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Look first in your own heart,
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