A little problem

neuro · Post by **neuro** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:38 pm

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!

900i · Post by **900i** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:39 pm

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.

Post by **clem** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:20 pm

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.

whistlerspa · Post by **whistlerspa** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:10 pm

I use sudo su - that works after you put in your password