On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:53:59AM -0600, ajitabhpandey@softhome.net wrote: > Scott Henson writes: > > >On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 22:46, ajitabhpandey@softhome.net wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I am using Knoppix 3.1 which is based on Debian unstable. I am having > >>following problems: > >Two things. One, Knoppix doesnt have a root user. You have to use sudo > >for everything. > > Knoppix does have a root user, I checked in /etc/passwd and also I am able > to login using kdm as root. in X if you look under the knoppix menu, you will see an option for a root shell. From there you should be able to set root's password, which should allow you to do what you want. The shell will come up without a password. jck -- John Kenyon -- jck at croanoke dot com
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