[NTLUG:Discuss] Gentoo Live CD 2007.0 root password

[Lenrek Xunil]

"sudo su -" worked, thanks.  Glad I didn't have to wait till tomorrow :-)

On 9/3/07, Richard Witt <imageek at bowforiamroot.net> wrote:
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> On Sep 2, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Lenrek Xunil wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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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