Root password question

zer01 · 07-30-2003, 07:29 PM

Ok I just installed Mandrake 9.1 yesterday. This is my first time really trying it today. I did not setup a root password and was wondering? Is there a way to set this password once mandrake is installed. Thank you.

lfur · 07-30-2003, 07:34 PM

Login and type:
passwd root

it will ask you for a new password and for confirmation.
Done.

But it is not a good idea to use root account for everyday use. Instead add a user:
adduser username
passwd username

Enjoy

zer01 · 07-30-2003, 07:37 PM

Thanks for the quick responce, that is what my friend told me and that I should set the password to protect it.

zer01 · 07-30-2003, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lfur
Login and type:
passwd root

it will ask you for a new password and for confirmation.
Done.

But it is not a good idea to use root account for everyday use. Instead add a user:
adduser username
passwd username

Enjoy

I did the above but I know I'm missing something. Do I have to open konsole and do this? and if so do I also type in login: and if so what do I type there, sorry totally lost here.

lfur · 07-30-2003, 08:06 PM

Of course you do this thru the console, how else are you able to type in commands?

Now you can logout from the system (type: exit) and login as a normal user. It usually looks like this:

Login: username
password: yourpassword

zer01 · 07-30-2003, 08:06 PM

Ignore the above, I had to type su at the console to be able to set root password...

zer01 · 07-30-2003, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lfur
Of course you do this thru the console, how else are you able to type in commands?

Now you can logout from the system (type: exit) and login as a normal user. It usually looks like this:

Login: username
password: yourpassword

Not ignore you

I was not even sure what a console was untill 10 minutes ago. I found a good site here in your forum all about mandrake think I will WTFM before going any further

But it's great to know this forum is here.

lfur · 07-30-2003, 08:19 PM

In case you don't already know, here are some very usefull sites:

Linux Documentation Project
http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html - here you can find a lot of tutorials on almost everything.

Enjoy