You don't need to.
Type:
passwd <enter>
enter the password you want to use for root access twice as the prompt suggests.
Reboot
At the login prompt tpye:
root<enter>
give the password you assigned.
Now create a new user, log out of root and into the user's account and go from there.
Seriously, you need to
I suggest downloading these:
Linux Newbie Administrator Guide
Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition
Since you have been unable to answer some of my questions, you might want to print this out and refer to it to explore that box some.
Handy bash commands for finding out stuff in Linux:
# Find CPU specifications
cat /proc/cpuinfo
# What pci cards are installed and what irq/port is used
cat /proc/pci
# Memory and swap information
free
An article:
Tips for Optimizing Linux Memory
# How is the hard drive partitioned
fdisk /dev/hd<X> -l
# How much free drive space
df -h
# Show disk usage by current directory and all subdirectories
du | less
# Find running kernel version
uname -r
# Find X server version
X -showconfig
# What is the distribution
cat /etc/.product
cat /etc/.issue
cat /etc/issue
cat /etc/issue.net
sysinfo
# For finding or locating files
find
locate
which
whereis
# Use dmesg to view the kernel ring buffer (error messages)
dmesg | less
# Watch error messages as they happen (sysklog needed)
as root,
tail -f /var/log/messages (shows last 10 lines, use a number in front of
f for more lines)
# What processes are running
ps -A
# Find a process by name
ps -ef | grep -i <plain text>
For example, XCDroast
ps -ef | grep -i xcdroast
# See current environment list, or pipe to file
env | more
env > environmentvariablelist.txt
# Show current userid and assigned groups
id
# See all command aliases for the current user
alias
# See rpms installed on current system
rpmquery --all | more
rpmquery --all > <filename>
rpmquery --all | grep -i <plaintext>
# What directory am I using
pwd
# What takes up so much space on your box
# Run from the directory in question and the largest chunk shows up last
find $1 -type d | xargs du -sm | sort -g
Look at
man <command> or
info <command> for the flags I used and for other options you can use for bash commands.
