Password ! I don't need

dawmon77 · 10-25-2005, 07:42 AM

Hi........I'm not an expert in linux, to be honest i'm at the beginning, in fact i have got this problem, probably a little one.
I don't know exactly what i have done but after one day of practice and trying to setting up few thinks and parameters now when i starting up the laptop he ask me the root password and i don't want this.
I know the password off course but what i have to do for disable the password when i log on?
Thank you..........

MensaWater · 10-25-2005, 07:45 AM

You DO need the root password. Your system is wide open to hackers without one.

Also you really shouldn't login as root most of the time - you should make a non-root user and login as that then do "su -" when you need to become root. That way if you make a mistake (and you will just like we all have) in typing a command you're less likely to make it catastrophic.

abisko00 · 10-25-2005, 08:07 AM

I totally agree with jlighter. However, the passwordless login is possible, at least for user accounts. In KDE, open the control center and browse to system administration -> login manager. Here you can set the automatic login. Maybe not for root, since root should be restricted anyway. But you can do this for normal user accounts.

reddazz · 10-25-2005, 08:15 AM

most distros won't let you login routinely as root because it has serious security implications. You need to create a normal user and then use the automatic login feature as suggested by others. Not logging in routinely as root is one of the security features for Linux/Unix Oses, which prevents crackers from getting full access to your system.

dawmon77 · 10-25-2005, 08:35 AM

Thank you all......I'm trying to take off the password because i don't gonna use that laptop to use Internet also because i'm not very good with linux and i don't want to be in trouble....Once again thank you for your time...p.s. i'm trying to do it now

dawmon77 · 10-25-2005, 08:48 AM

I just finish:
I went to: Control center---system administration---login manager.
I have tried a lot of combination like automatic login
login without password able but seems to don't work anytime i turn it on he ask me the user name which is "root" and the password. there is other user name like my name but does not accept it.
How i can delete all the old users and make a new one with a new password?
Thanks