su password for RCN beaglebone machinekit image

Bas de Bruijn

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Apr 20, 2015, 10:37:45 AM4/20/15

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Hi Guys,
Does anybody know the password for the superuser from the RCN Image? I’ve tried temppwd, tmppwd, debian, machinekit and left it blank.
Thanks,
Bas

Robert Nelson

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Apr 20, 2015, 10:43:17 AM4/20/15

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So the root user password is set to "blank", which makes thing
interesting for "su"..

You'll have to do:

"sudo su"

Then set the root password via:

passwd -l <your pass>

and things will be normal...

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
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Bas de Bruijn

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Apr 20, 2015, 11:07:58 AM4/20/15

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Thanks!

Wally Bkg

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Apr 20, 2015, 11:36:57 AM4/20/15

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This tripped me up too with the BBB Debian8 preview image. Perhaps this information should find its way to the elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian page.
as this is the second time you've answered this here that I know of, which we really appreciate!

--wally.

Robert Nelson

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Apr 21, 2015, 4:01:01 PM4/21/15

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Wally Bkg <wb666...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This tripped me up too with the BBB Debian8 preview image. Perhaps this
> information should find its way to the
> elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian page.
> as this is the second time you've answered this here that I know of, which
> we really appreciate!

I'd rather we stick it back to "root"... beagleboard.org wanted it
'blank' as that's what angstrom did, so to ease the angstrom -> debian
transition we did that.

Now that the transition is a year old, i'd really prefer to put it to
something (even if it's just root) as so many tools rely on it being
something...

But... What does the Machinekit guys want?

Charles Steinkuehler

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Apr 21, 2015, 4:53:31 PM4/21/15

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I'd say either a default password (root would be fine) or a disabled
root login with sudo (as done in Ubuntu and optional on Debian when
installing). The existing "root login allowed but password is blank"
setup is the _least_ standard and compatible option, AFAIK.

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Charles Steinkuehler
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Kent A. Reed

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Apr 21, 2015, 4:57:15 PM4/21/15

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I vote for your (Charles's) first option because it is more in keeping
with the default Debian behavior of setting a root password. I believe
in the Principle of Least Surprise.

Regards,
Kent

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