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A little problem
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:38 pm
by neuro
Greetings, my first try with Linux Mint and my first post here..
Anyone knows "root" default password for Linux Mint? I've been installed it on VMWare and I need root pass to install VMWare tools...
Thx a lot!
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:39 pm
by 900i
The root account is disabled by default in this distro, like Ubuntu. The password is the one you setup when you made your user account.
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:20 pm
by clem
Well.. there is a root account, and it's not disabled. The password for it is simply unknown.. (I can't remember if it's random, or simply some hardcoded gibberish stuff defined in the casper-bottom scripts).. but anyway.
Your default account can run anything as root by typing "sudo" in front of the command, so you can perfectly give root a new password... all you have to do is :
sudo passwd root
Et voila.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:10 pm
by whistlerspa
I use sudo su - that works after you put in your password