[NTLUG:Discuss] Gentoo Live CD 2007.0 root password

[Richard Witt]

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On Sep 2, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Lenrek Xunil wrote:

> I have the Gentoo LiveCD 2007.0 for amd64.  I downloaded from the  
> Gentoo
> site and burned it.  When it finishes booting up, I get a login screen
> asking for a username/password.  I put in root/null, but no dice.   
> Then it
> counts down and logs me in as "gentoo".  I'm trying to do some fsck  
> stuff
> and I need root.  I've done su - from xterm logged in as gentoo,  
> but I can't
> figure out what the password is.  I've looked on the online  
> documentation,
> and all I can find is that it should log me in as root by default,  
> but it's
> not doing that.  Does anyone know the root password?  Thank you.

Once logged in as the "gentoo" user try to do 'sudo su -' and see if  
that works. Might have to do a 'passwd gentoo' first and set a password.

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