scrapMetal wrote:I just received my YDL thumb drive with YDL 6.2 PS3. The install was a snap. I created my regular user (not root) and password but it did
not ask me for a root password. OK - no problem just go to single user mode "init 1" "shutdown -r1". Or just boot into single user
mode at kboot prompt :ydl single" "linux 1". Is there a default root password or a method to get to single user mode so I can change it? Thanks!
Hmm - that's tough. No - the only account who can change root is root. Single user won't help you in this case. You normally would use the
passwd command - but if you don't know root's password - you probably can't change it. (That's my recollection anyway)
So - if you use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to a text mode, from the GUI login, you should get prompted for a text login. If you login as user
root there, try a blank password, or a password of root.
The other option is that root may be disabled in favor of sudo. Try
sudo cat /etc/passwd and see what that gets you. It's traditional in sudo systems to leave the password out of the root account.
Unfortunately, I don't have a Thumb Drive install, so I'm totally guessing here. If they post an ISO for the thumb drive on the YDL mirrors, I'll definitely give it a try.
Cheers,
Paul