login=root does not work

[yys2000]

Hi,

I add this cheatcode to script, but when I type the command: whoami. I still get the guest.
How to enable the auto root login?

Thanks

[brokenman]

I add this cheatcode to script

What exactly do you mean by this? What script and where?

Please answer the above question and we can start helping you. Thanks.

[Cobai]

Hi,

I add this cheatcode to script, but when I type the command: whoami. I still get the guest.
How to enable the auto root login?

Thanks

You shouldn't need a 'script' to do this - it's simply added to the porteus.cfg file located in /boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg.

Mine looks like this for the GUI option i use: (Note the APPEND line)

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LABEL KDE4
MENU LABEL Graphics mode (KDE4)
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz changes=/mnt/sda1/porteussave.dat volume=60% kmap=gb copy2ram noeject login=root
TEXT HELP
    Run Porteus the best way we can.
    Try to autoconfigure graphics
    card and use the maximum
    allowed resolution
ENDTEXT

Add the "login=root" to this or whichever mode you boot into and voila, root access on startup.

Also, i'm a complete linux newbie, literally learning as i go and this is my first post, woop