Root Account????????

Silverado2000 · 02-01-2002, 12:00 PM

How do I login under the "Root" account?........im running Mandrake 8.1......Do i select "logout" then when the "End KDE Session" screen appears i select "logout"?......If so, what do i enter in for a username and password when the "login" screen appears?............Please help!!!!

trickykid · 02-01-2002, 12:11 PM

during setup you should have setup a password for root.. if not you need to boot into single user mode and set a password for root. we won't know what your root's password is and you shouldn't share that with anyone.

Silverado2000 · 02-01-2002, 12:35 PM

how do i boot into single user mode?.........i am lost in Linux........i know nothing...........This is the first time i have messed around with it...........i bought a book for Linux.........but some things they dont tell you how to do....

kill-hup · 02-01-2002, 12:38 PM

Depends on what you're looking to do. Assuming you recall your root password, you can log in under username "root" at the graphical login screen. Most people would advise against running X-Windows as root, though.

If you are logged into KDE as yourself, you can always open a console/terminal window and use the "su" command to run commands as root without running the entire window environment as the super-user.

goneaway · 02-01-2002, 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by Silverado2000
how do i boot into single user mode?.........i am lost in Linux........i know nothing...........This is the first time i have messed around with it...........i bought a book for Linux.........but some things they dont tell you how to do....

There really isn't a single user mode in the sense that you're used to in the Win/Mac os world. You can change your run level but it isn't really possible to boot into an account. You're always going to have to log in even in the linux single user mode.

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 01:55 PM

init 1

when you issue the command init 1

it will go to single user mode

at this prompt you will already be logged in as root
if you can't remember the root password you need to go there and type this

passwd root

then enter a root password

here's the catch

you have to be super user to run init

So you will need to issue the command

linux single

at the lilo prompt on boot up

and then change the root password

then from a normal user shell you will use this command

su -

to login as root