The password for root is unknown after installing SuSE Linux 7.0

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.0
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Symptom:

You have just installed SuSE Linux 7.0 and the system asks you to log in as "root". You don't know the password and haven't been asked to choose one before.

Cause:

You've chosen the package "alice" (series ap) to be installed. This package set a root password so that later YaST did not ask you to choose one. This is an error of the alice package.

The password is "blank".

Solution:

Log in using the password "blank". Then change your root password using the command passwd.

Note: When installing alice in a running system the root password is not changed. This happens only if the password entry in the shadow file is empty - and this should never be the case.


Keywords: ROOT, PASSWORD, PASSWD, 7.0, LOGIN, ALICE, YAST

Categories: YaST

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