setting root password in slackware 9

kryptozapper · 07-01-2011, 08:46 PM

i booted into linux single mode thru lilo but i can't use any commands in slackware that changes the root account or user account using passwd root command

corp769 · 07-01-2011, 09:12 PM

Hello,

How exactly did you boot into single user mode? Also, what error messages are you getting? Also read this thread - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rd-too-407800/

As far as changing your password, you should be able to run the "passwd" command in run level 1 without any arguments to change your password.

Cheers,

Josh

kryptozapper · 08-11-2012, 04:46 PM

i went to runlevel 1 and it sent me to a login screen that looks like this: (none)login:
i can't enter as root or change my root passwd please could you tell me what i did wrong ?

vtel57 · 08-11-2012, 05:12 PM

Am I losing it here or did it actually take you over a year to return here to reply?

kryptozapper · 08-11-2012, 05:32 PM

sorry i was busy programming and doing other stuff sorry could you please answer my question i have some time before my sister comes and gets me

kryptozapper · 08-11-2012, 06:07 PM

i can't use vim or vi to edit my /etc/passwd file in linux single mode

kryptozapper · 08-11-2012, 06:09 PM

i tried linux single init=/bin/bash rw and it got me in root but i can't use vim or vi to edit /etc/passwd

NyteOwl · 08-11-2012, 06:19 PM

In Ubuntu the root user is setup with a random hash during the install by default. The first user has the right to become root through SUDO by being a member of the Admin group. Subsequent users that need root privileges simply need to be added to this group.

IIRC to login as root just login normally and do: sudo -s and provide your regualr password.

If you are the first user, you can change the root password with: sudo passwd (or sudo su passwd) I forget. Gave up on Ubuntu after a brief trial.

vtel57 · 08-11-2012, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kryptozapper

sorry i was busy programming and doing other stuff sorry could you please answer my question i have some time before my sister comes and gets me

No need to apologize. I was just wondering. It's not every day that it takes someone over a year to reply.

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-12-2012, 08:23 AM

What happens when you run the passwd command to change the password? What goes wrong when you try to use vi/vim?

Quote:

Originally Posted by NyteOwl

In Ubuntu the root user is setup with a random hash during the install by default. The first user has the right to become root through SUDO by being a member of the Admin group. Subsequent users that need root privileges simply need to be added to this group.

IIRC to login as root just login normally and do: sudo -s and provide your regualr password.

If you are the first user, you can change the root password with: sudo passwd (or sudo su passwd) I forget. Gave up on Ubuntu after a brief trial.

Did you read the title? Slackware 9, not Ubuntu