root password of debian live cd?

[bw]

> do you know root password of cd above?
try sudo -i there usually is no root passwd

and if it asks try 'live'

> why do they create root password of live cd?

probably something like this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege

[Timothy M Butterworth]

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:02 AM hlyg <hlyg...@outlook.com> wrote:

Thank bw! internet search also shows that live is password, but it's not
correct

Live is the password you use with sudo as there is no root password set. 

i have rebooted,

> probably something like this
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege
>

> .
i think they disclaim all responsibilities, they can use empty password,
as some other distro do

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[to...@tuxteam.de]

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 07:52:21AM +0800, hlyg wrote:
> debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxde.iso

>
> do you know root password of cd above?

the "standard" Debian live user is "user" with password "live"

>
> why do they create root password of live cd?

This seems to have been discussed like eight years ago:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2015/05/msg00081.html

Perhaps it should go into a FAQ.

Cheers
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[Timothy M Butterworth]

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:03 AM hlyg <hlyg...@outlook.com> wrote:

On 5/30/23 12:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> This seems to have been discussed like eight years ago:
>
>    https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2015/05/msg00081.html
>
> Perhaps it should go into a FAQ.
>
> Cheers

Thank tomas!

many packages break because of empty password? some other distro have no
password for live cd, they don't break?

i have tried latest deb11 live cd for i386/gnome, live or Live aren't
correct passwords

The Live CD has no root password you have to use sudo. 

[Default User]

I don't mean to clog up this thread with an unnecessary post, but I
just wanted to note that I (unfortunately) have had to use (as recently
as 2023-05-28):

debian-live-11.7.0-amd64-gnome+nonfree.iso

a number of times recently, due to flatpak being a corpulent space hog,
obnoxiously trying very hard to fill up my /var partition (10Gb, as
originally set by the Debian installer).  But that is just a side
issue.

(Note: this is the Gnome Live image that has the non-free extra
drivers, etc., not the "standard" Debian Live image. Perhaps the
standard Debian Live image works differently; I never use it. And
note, this is Debian 11.7 (Bullseye), Debian 12 (Bookworm) may also act
differently.

I can state that in my experience, unequivocally, it boots into a Gnome
DE without any password needed. If administrative permission is needed
to do something, "sudo <command>" works, without having to enter any
password. Example:

sudo apt install timeshift
<ENTER>

This post is just a FWIW. Feel free to disregard.

[Richmond]

Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m....@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 2:03 AM hlyg <hlyg...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 5/30/23 12:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > This seems to have been discussed like eight years ago:
> >
> >    https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2015/05/msg00081.html
> >
> > Perhaps it should go into a FAQ.
> >
> > Cheers
>
>
> Thank tomas!
>
> many packages break because of empty password? some other distro
> have no
> password for live cd, they don't break?
>
> i have tried latest deb11 live cd for i386/gnome, live or Live
> aren't
> correct passwords
>
>
> The Live CD has no root password you have to use sudo. 

Someone here suggested using live-config as a command line parameter in
Grub.

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=102937

If you are logged in as user you can use:

sudo bash

To get a root command prompt and set the root passwd using

passwd