Re: root password of debian live cd?
On Tue, 2023-05-30 at 00:05 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
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> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:02 AM hlyg <hlyg2023@outlook.com> wrote:
> > Thank bw! internet search also shows that live is password, but
> > it's not
> > correct
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> Live is the password you use with sudo as there is no root password
> set.
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> > i have rebooted,
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> > > probably something like this
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege
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> > > .
> > i think they disclaim all responsibilities, they can use empty
> > password,
> > as some other distro do
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I don't mean to clog up this thread with an unnecessary post, but I
just wanted to note that I (unfortunately) have had to use (as recently
as 2023-05-28):
debian-live-11.7.0-amd64-gnome+nonfree.iso
a number of times recently, due to flatpak being a corpulent space hog,
obnoxiously trying very hard to fill up my /var partition (10Gb, as
originally set by the Debian installer). But that is just a side
issue.
(Note: this is the Gnome Live image that has the non-free extra
drivers, etc., not the "standard" Debian Live image. Perhaps the
standard Debian Live image works differently; I never use it. And
note, this is Debian 11.7 (Bullseye), Debian 12 (Bookworm) may also act
differently.
I can state that in my experience, unequivocally, it boots into a Gnome
DE without any password needed. If administrative permission is needed
to do something, "sudo <command>" works, without having to enter any
password. Example:
sudo apt install timeshift
<ENTER>
This post is just a FWIW. Feel free to disregard.
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