[NTLUG:Discuss] root password in Knoppix

[Burton Strauss]

I don't know, but I suspect it would ... if the HD copy is basically just a
dd of the cd (i.e. copied the /etc/shadow with the scrambled password), then
it should function the same. 

When running from the cd/dvd, the modified (modifiable) files are stored in
ramdisk.

-----Burton 

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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] root password in Knoppix

On 7/21/05, Burton Strauss <Burton_Strauss at comcast.net> wrote:
> With normal Knoppix the root is deliberately scrambled so you use sudo.
> 
> However, from the console you can reset it - which the instructions on 
> the opening page instruct you to do before starting ssh.
> 
> If that's what's laid down on the hard drive, then use the root shell 
> option in the menus and then do a passwd cmd.

Does this apply to Knoppix that has been loaded to the HD, versus running
from a CD or a DVD?
 
  The reason I ask is that I'm told that Knoppix does not use the HD, while
running from CD or DVD, unless a swap drive is already defined on the HD.

Russ

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