[NTLUG:Discuss] root password in Knoppix

[Terry]

On 7/20/05, Peter A. Koren <p.koren at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I put a Knoppix based live DVD -- Quantian Knoppix -- in the DVD drive
> and booted right in to the KDE desktop as the user "Knoppix". When I
> tried to access some directories on one various partitions, I ran into a
> permissions problem. When I tried to become root, I realized that I do
> not have the password. What to do?
> 
> -- Pete
> 


You'll probably find a "root shell" in the start menu, (I think it's
under "Knoppix").

In other words:
Click on 'K' at the lower left hand corner of your screen, scroll to
KNOPPIX and then click on the 'root shell' icon.
(You [should] get a terminal window where you're already logged in as root.)
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