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Topic: root password help, vmware

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Posted: Aug. 07 2005,15:16

hi,iam running dsl 1.4 in vmware,and seems to be working great.i tried logging into root via su,but dont know the password.can anyone help?thanks

adssse

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Posted: Aug. 07 2005,15:50

I am not sure what the deal with a root password is. If someone could enlighten me I would be gratefull. But I know you can log into root by typing 'sudo su', the password is not required.

mikshaw

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Posted: Aug. 07 2005,19:06

There is no password until you set one. Do as adssse says to become root. At this point you can enter the "passwd" command to set a root password.

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Posted: Aug. 07 2005,20:49

thanks ill try it out

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Posted: Aug. 17 2005,16:19

What password should I use to ftp into a dsl system?

I tried using passwd to set the root/dsl password to something I knew, but that didn't work for ftp access.

Any ideas?

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