Re: root password of debian live cd?

[Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>]

Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:03 AM hlyg <hlyg2023@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>    
>     On 5/30/23 12:37, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>     >
>     > This seems to have been discussed like eight years ago:
>     >
>     >    https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2015/05/msg00081.html
>     >
>     > Perhaps it should go into a FAQ.
>     >
>     > Cheers
>    
>    
>     Thank tomas!
>    
>     many packages break because of empty password? some other distro
>     have no
>     password for live cd, they don't break?
>    
>     i have tried latest deb11 live cd for i386/gnome, live or Live
>     aren't
>     correct passwords
>
>
> The Live CD has no root password you have to use sudo. 

Someone here suggested using live-config as a command line parameter in
Grub.

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=102937

If you are logged in as user you can use:

sudo bash

To get a root command prompt and set the root passwd using

passwd