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become root when usin live cd??

Postby leo5111 on Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:58 am

i configured my fstab wrong before and my install wouldnt boot i used live cd and tried to write to the fstab but couldnt get permissions what is the root name and password usun live cd? thanx
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Re: become root when usin live cd??

Postby Zwopper on Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:13 pm

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sudo su root
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Re: become root when usin live cd??

Postby leo5111 on Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:40 pm

thanx what about password though?
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Re: become root when usin live cd??

Postby McLovin on Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:19 pm

pw is root
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Re: become root when usin live cd??

Postby Zwopper on Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:48 pm

McLovin wrote:pw is root

Nope - nothing!
Just hit 'Enter' after typing:
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