boot passwd auto-scrambling

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fuzz · Post by **fuzz** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:06 am

everything boots up fine but it allways does

*auto-scrambling root password for security ...                   [ok]

how do i fix this poblem

thanks
fuzz

rouben · Post by **rouben** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:14 am

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 · Post by **fuzz** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:45 am

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

thanks for the hlp
fuzz

rouben · Post by **rouben** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:50 am

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

thanks for the hlp
fuzz

Actually I found a past thread where this was solved already. Take a look here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-32 ... pwgen.html. I'm pretty sure this will fix your issue.

artbody · Post by **artbody** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:05 pm

passwd problem on live cd

was originally asked here
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-4 ... art-0.html

but NOT answered

so

try

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sudo passwd root
...
su --login root

now works fine for me