[NTLUG:Discuss] root password in Knoppix

[Peter A. Koren]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 04:15 -0500, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> 
> >On 7/20/05, Peter A. Koren <p.koren at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I put a Knoppix based live DVD -- Quantian Knoppix -- in the DVD drive
> >>and booted right in to the KDE desktop as the user "Knoppix". When I
> >>tried to access some directories on one various partitions, I ran into a
> >>permissions problem. When I tried to become root, I realized that I do
> >>not have the password. What to do?
> >>
> >>-- Pete
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >You'll probably find a "root shell" in the start menu, (I think it's
> >under "Knoppix").
> >
> >In other words:
> >Click on 'K' at the lower left hand corner of your screen, scroll to
> >KNOPPIX and then click on the 'root shell' icon.
> >(You [should] get a terminal window where you're already logged in as root.)
> >  
> >
> If I remember correctly (a big IF) the password is blank (just press Enter).
> 

Thanks for the clue. That will make it easy. But I can tell you that
your last suggestion, that the password is blank, does not work -- at
least on my Quantian version of Knoppix. I tried that one as my first
guess at the password.