Root Password on Fedora 10

Atwin · 01-11-2009, 09:14 PM

Hello,

I have just installed Fedora 10 on my laptop from the LiveCD and now I want to install some software and tweak some options, but I need the root password for that!

I was not asked to enter any password during the setup! How can I fix this?

Any help is much appreciated.

With thanks,

Atwin

greenguy9595 · 01-11-2009, 09:24 PM

you can chage your Root PW like this:

You need to boot into what's called "single-user mode."

1. Using the instructions in the runlevel question (under the "While You Are Booting the Computer" section), boot into runlevel 1.

2. Set the new root password with by typing: passwd

And then enter your new root password when asked.

3. Reboot your machine, and you will now be able to log in as root with the new password that you entered.

--- Green

alan_ri · 01-11-2009, 10:42 PM

And if you need to enter password to be able to enter in to the single user mode,press any key when you see "booting Fedora",then when you see "kernel 2.x.x.x." press 'e' and apend single init=/bin/bash to that kernel line,press 'enter' then 'b'.Then you will be root.Change password as already suggested.

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alan_ri · 01-12-2009, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by John VV

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rizwanrafique · 01-12-2009, 09:23 AM

Not sure if fedora adds first user in sudo group and if it asks for user's password upon invocation (debian/ubuntu way) or root's (suse way). Assumging it works with debian/ubuntu way root can be logged on and password can be changed using:

Code:

> sudo su
> passwd

or

Code:

>sudo passwd

Anyone, correct me if I'm wrong. Don't have fedora box right now to prove my point :-)

John VV · 01-12-2009, 02:29 PM

sudo is not setup during install because of the possible security hole it makes .
use the " su - " or " su "
su - = root with root $PATH
su = root with USER $PATH

Atwin · 01-12-2009, 05:29 PM

Thanks for all the help guys. It worked just fine.

Yayy.