Passwords for legacy distros?

Tecolote · 06-28-2018, 02:36 AM

Does anyone know username & password for any of these legacy/discontinued distros?
ArtistX 1.5
AV Linux 6.0
Caos Linux 2.1
NetSecL 2.6
PCLinuxOS 2009 Final
Toorox 08.2012
I want to try these as LiveCD, and suddenly realized I had neglected to obtain their login credentials.

business_kid · 06-28-2018, 03:14 AM

Password security on live CDs is lax, and usually very guessable. They're inviting you in, not trying to keep you out.

Try the obvious like root/no password, user/linux, etc. They want you to change it.

yancek · 06-28-2018, 04:43 AM

My recollection of the PCLinux iso is that it had a pop up when you booted showing root and guest user and the passwords were 'root' and 'guest'. Haven't heard of any of the others.

ondoho · 06-28-2018, 05:07 AM

as an example for artistx:
https://duckduckgo.com/?sites=distro...1=-1&q=artistx
leads me to:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=artistx
find discontinued website on the wayback machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160725...xlinux.com:80/

rinse and repeat for every distro on your list.

although simply guessing "user/user" might be more effective

also, the info could be on the .iso file itself, maybe some sort of README in its root directory?

DavidMcCann · 06-28-2018, 10:52 AM

I've seen the root password as "toor" and some other cases where the password is blank.

ChuangTzu · 06-28-2018, 03:44 PM

many also used a blank password with sudo

jefro · 06-28-2018, 07:03 PM

Open terminal. Try whoami, su or sudo passwd

Tecolote · 07-03-2018, 10:15 PM

Thanks to all. I'll try the suggestions on my next foray into my CD/DVD collection. Right now I'm a bit fixated on MX Linux 17.1 (using it as a LiveCD to teach myself Linux).