Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3622 mails)

[Marcus Meissner <meissner@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:11:42PM -0400, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 17:42 +0200, Stefan Hundhammer wrote:
> > On Friday 20 June 2008 17:31, bill biggs wrote:
> > > I installed suse 11.0 and when I try to install any app's  and when it
> > > ask me for my root password and after that it say's error I need root
> > > access
> >
> > Just asking: You are aware that the default in 11.0 is to use the password 
> > of 
> > the "main user" (the one you create during installation) as the root 
> > password?
> >
> >
> > CU
> > -- 
> > Stefan Hundhammer <sh@xxxxxxx>                Penguin by conviction.
> > YaST2 Development
> > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
> > Nürnberg, Germany
>
>
> So, during the install of 11.0 you no longer set a root password? Just
> an additional user and that password is root password?  I have not yet
> installed 11.0, just checking here.

We always set a root password.

If the checkbox in the User is marked, it is set to the same content as the 
users
(but only this once, they are not connected), otherwise you are asked for a root
password on a seperate screen.

Ciao, Marcus
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