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Topic: Permanently change password on lived, with backup + bootlocal.sh

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friedgold

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Posted: May 03 2005,15:40

How do I change the passwords seems to be a common topic on these boards. The standard answer is to use sudo su to become root and then passwd to change passwords. However if you are booting from a livecd/frugal install when you reboot the passwords you set will be lost. Here's my solution for this:

Add the following into /opt/bootlocal.sh

chpasswd <<EOF
root:root_pass_here
dsl:dsl_pass_here
EOF

Then create a backup file (if you haven't already) from the myDSL panel to save your settings.

When you next reboot the lines you've added to bootlocal.sh will set the password for root/dsl to the ones you've specified. This is especially useful when you want to start various services on boot such as ssh,ftp,etc which require a password to be set before you can login.

meo

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Posted: May 04 2005,16:46

Hi friedgold!

Thanks, that might be useful sometime.

Keep on having fun,
meo

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