Re: Debian-Live 7.6.0 usb username & password?

[Jimmy Johnson <420.christian.single@gmail.com>]

On 11/06/2014 02:56 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
> 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.)


User is auto-logged in to the system, ctrl+alt+F1 and you will get '$' 
and sudo passwd enter new password (root) and again (root) and then su 
enter root and you get '#'

I hope that's clear.
--
Jimmy Johnson

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