boot passwd auto-scrambling

fuzz · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 93

everything boots up fine but it allways does

rouben · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:14 am Post subject:

This isn't a problem, rather it's a security feature of the liveCD. AFAIK it's a startup script that is run every time you boot with the liveCD so that if you want to use SSH with the liveCD (i.e. remote install) you have to set the root password yourself, since the liveCD allows remote root logins over SSH by default. You can always set the root password on a liveCD session by simply using the passwd command, you are dumped into a root shell on the liveCD anyway so you can reset the root password to whatever you like.

If this happens *after* you install Gentoo on your computer and not on the liveCD, I suggest checking your startup scripts (see rc-update show and man rc-update).

fuzz · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 93

this does happen after i installed
I did a rc-update show .... what am i looking for

thanks for the hlp
fuzz

rouben · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:50 am Post subject:

artbody · Guru Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 489 Location: LB

passwd problem on live cd

was originally asked here
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-408900-start-0.html

but NOT answered :roll:

so

try