Freya Installed With No Root

Hi everybody,

I used to be a Linux developer, but I have not used Linux or anything UNIX-like for a long time (more than 10 years). I had it installed by someone else and assumed that the root password is not set. Turned out - it has been. I can logged in as "owner" because I have guessed the password ("password") but no such luck with root. Can anything (other than reinstallation) be done? Is there some default password that root gets at installation that someone at this forum knows? Any other suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

Roman

I am using debian 7.7 stable and when I open the root terminal it asks for the password.

But if I open it again, I get the message: 'Granted permissions without asking for password. The /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator program was started with the privileges of the root user without the need to ask for a password, due to your system's authentication mechanism setup'.

Oh, really? Because I don't remember setting up any 'authentication mechanism setup'.
How can I change this so the root terminal always asks for the password?
Do I have a trojan already? Because I installed the OS just a few days ago.

Thanks very much.

hi sir.need ur help. a desktop comp is endorsed to me with Linux system. the previous user failed to give the password for localhost root and im not able to login to the system. I really need to backup the files and programs installed and afraid to reboot since our database program is installed in the pc. would really appreciate your help.ty

I just booted my PC in Vector Linux 7.0 Standard Live Edition. It is a bootable version of Linux that requires no installation. I am currently booting of a DVD-RW. The problem I am running into is the default password for root has already been set. It didn't prompt me to create a user or password at any point. In fact the first time I booted it all that happened was the Operating System loaded up. All I have done since them is run a portable netbeans and try to access the hard drive. When I tried to access the hard drive I got the following error.

Authentication is required to mount the device
An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication as the super user is required to perform this action.
Password for root: _______???______

I found a few password suggestions on forms like root and vector, but these didn't work. If you would like to experiment with the OS burn it to DVD. See if you can figure out the solution to the problem. Here is the download link: http://vectorlinux.com/downloads

Centos 6.5

I ran into an interesting problem (on reddit) that I figured I could solve, but I have not been able to. Its simple,.. I added 'exit 0' to /root/.bashrc, and now I am trying to log in via ssh.

Everytime I do, it immediately exits when it runs the .bash_profile, which sources .bashrc, (which is immediate upon 'logging in')

I've tried:

Code:

ssh root@192.168.1.50 -t vim
vim scp://192.168.1.50/.bashrc
vim scp://192.168.1.50/root/.bashrc
ssh root@192.168.1.50 bash --norc
ssh root@192.168.1.50 /bin/bash --norc --noprofile
ssh -T root@192.168.1.50 "mv /root/.bashrc /root/.bashRC"
scp .bashrc root@192.168.1.50:/root/
ssh root@192.168.1.50 /bin/bash --norc --noprofile -vvvvvvvvvv
ssh -vvvvvv root@192.168.1.50 /bin/bash --norc --noprofile
ssh -vvvvvv root@192.168.1.50 /bin/mv /root/.bashrc /root/.bashRC
ssh -t -t root@192.168.1.50 << EOF
mv /root/.bashrc /root/.bashRC
EOF
ssh -t -t root@192.168.1.50 --norc << EOF
echo HELLO > /root/.bashrc
EOF
ssh -tv root@192.168.1.50 rm .bashrc

So,.. I am unable to get back into the system (as root, no other users exist) after adding 'exit 0' to .bashrc

Anyone feel like explaining why all of these failed (aside from saying SSH interactive logins run the .bash_profile/.bashrc files) or, offering a suggestion that works? Seems like if you have the root password, you should be allowed to modify the login process... since... you know... you are root.

Hi all,

I am slackware 14.0 user. Recently I face one problem. As a root i can change one of my normal user's (assuming Peter) password. However, when I login as Peter, and try to change the password, the system does not allow me to renew my password.


root@slackwa /etc# ls -la | grep shadow
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 9 Nov 29 2013 gshadow
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Jun 20 2013 gshadow-
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 2272 Apr 12 22:44 shadow
-rw------- 1 root root 2274 Apr 12 21:40 shadow-
root@slackwa /etc# ls -la | grep passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2362 Apr 12 12:58 passwd
-rw------- 1 root root 2306 Jan 8 17:38 passwd-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2305 Aug 11 2014 passwd~


peter@slackwa ~$ which passwd
/usr/bin/passwd
peter@slackwa ~$ ls -la /usr/bin/passwd
-rws--x--x 1 root root 68725 Sep 14 2012 /usr/bin/passwd*

peter@slackwa ~$ passwd
Changing password for peter
Old password:
Incorrect password for peter.
The password for peter is unchanged.

One thing I can assure is the password I input is correct. I have another slackware 14 running on Dell R410, but it does not has this problem.


Please kindly advice. Thank you.

I found an old laptop that has centos 5.5 installed. I reset the root password, but I need to reset the gui password. Is there a way to view this password or reset it? I have not worked with Linux over 5 years and am rusty on all the commands

Hello, this is my first post
First i would like to thank you all for answering other people questions because I've been able to learn from the forum a lot.

I need your help with something.
I have standard output from 'ls -laR /etc' command which looks like this:
Code:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root  29 Apr  1 00:46 .
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root  54 Apr  1 00:43 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 232 Apr  1 00:46 00-keyboard.conf

/etc/xdg:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x.  4 root root   36 Apr  1 00:43 .
drwxr-xr-x. 87 root root 8192 Apr 12 13:53 ..
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    6 Jun 10  2014 autostart
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   17 Apr  7 01:25 systemd

by using sed command:
Code:

sed -e '/./!d' -e '/^total/d' -e '/\.$/d' -e 's/:$/\//' list.txt

I have transformed it to the following form:

Code:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 232 Apr  1 00:46 00-keyboard.conf
/etc/xdg/
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    6 Jun 10  2014 autostart
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   17 Apr  7 01:25 systemd

and now I would like to achieve absolute paths at the end of each row

Code:

-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  232 Apr  1 00:46 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    6 Jun 10  2014 /etc/xdg/autostart
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root   17 Apr  7 01:25 /etc/xdg/systemd

How do I join(merge) filenames with corresponding absolute path to their parent directory?



I know how to extract filenames using awk and get this:
Code:

00-keyboard.conf

autostart
systemd

but I don't know what to do next. Should I use some hitech sed option or go for loop or try with arrays? Help. Heeeelp

Hi Guys,
i have this Code:

uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

i would like to have the word "root" only from the first field, and later from the second field

i use the command
Code:

[root@v1-6 ~]# cat test-uid |cut -d"(" -f1
brms2
uid=0

[root@v1-6 ~]# cat test-uid |cut -d")" -f1
brms2
uid=0(root

it cut the word after the -d, how can i make it to cut the word BEFORE the -d

expected should be:
cut -d"(" -f1
root)

then i can proceed to eliminate the ) later on.
hope this is not confusing you guys

Thanks,

I have been getting permission denied issues when trying to log into as root. I have set my password and when I type su - root and enter in my password I keep getting either password incorrect when I know I am typing it in correctly or acess permission denied from su. Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong. I am trying to get into /etc/passwd for homework assignment and I get permission denied when logged in as my user. Any help will be great. I have in the past been able to logg in to root but now I cant seem to get into it. This is a new install of ubuntu 14