Can't enter root password in terminal

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Can't enter root password in terminal

Post#1 by Big Senpai » 26 Sep 2021, 22:42

Hello all.

I'm taking an A+ class & heard about Linux and wanted to try it, but I needed a small version I could run because I didn't think I had room on my hard drive so I chose to put Porteus on a USB thumbdrive. I'm a complete newb to Linux but I'm trying to learn & even picked up 2 big books at the Library to help me learn.

Anyways, I tried going into terminal & entering sudo passwd root to make myself a root/superuser. I get a prompt for a password after some text, but I can't enter anything. I have no idea why. I managed to change to root yesterday but don't remember how. Any suggestions on this or alternative way to login as root? I'm currently trying working on how to get Porteus to save my changes & I believe I have to be root to do so.

I really appreciate any help, Thanks!

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Can't enter root password in terminal

Post#2 by Jack » 27 Sep 2021, 00:16

In terminal do this.

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# 
The password is toor.
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Can't enter root password in terminal

Post#3 by Ed_P » 27 Sep 2021, 00:34

Big Senpai wrote:
26 Sep 2021, 22:42
I'm currently trying working on how to get Porteus to save my changes & I believe I have to be root to do so.
Porteus saves changes as Guest.

If you have Porteus on a USB drive formatted as FAT32 you can create a save.dat file using Porteus's SaveFile Manager. To create that does require the root password but saving changes to it does not.
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Can't enter root password in terminal

Post#4 by donald » 27 Sep 2021, 02:39

Big Senpai wrote:
26 Sep 2021, 22:42
I get a prompt for a password after some text, but I can't enter anything.
The password is not displayed.
Type the root password -- you will not see what you have entered -- and hit enter.
The terminal should have changed now from
guest@porteus:~$ to root@porteus:/home/guest#

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