Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
Thank you. Jerry
Jerry, The Centos install first asks for an administrative password and then as a part of the final configuration script, asks you to create a non-priv account. You do have a root acct, and you did declare a password. If you forgot what you might have used then boot into single user mode and change the root pwd.
-David
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Y. K. Liu Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:43 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] CentOS 4.8
Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
Thank you. Jerry
Thank you very much, David, for your help.
I found out that when I installed CentOS 4.8 on VMware Fusion, I should not have used the VMware default easy installation. When I unchecked the easy installation, it went through the questions, including setting the root password. So now I can set the root password during the installation.
Thank you again, anyway. Jerry
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:02 PM, David Brian Chait dchait@invenda.comwrote:
Jerry,
The Centos install first asks for an administrativepassword and then as a part of the final configuration script, asks you to create a non-priv account. You do have a root acct, and you did declare a password. If you forgot what you might have used then boot into single user mode and change the root pwd.
-David
*From:* centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] *On Behalf Of *Y. K. Liu *Sent:* Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:43 PM *To:* centos@centos.org *Subject:* [CentOS] CentOS 4.8
Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
Thank you. Jerry
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on 14:46 Thu 03 Feb, Y. K. Liu (ykliu7@gmail.com) wrote:
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
Thank you very much, David, for your help.
I found out that when I installed CentOS 4.8 on VMware Fusion, I should not have used the VMware default easy installation. When I unchecked the easy installation, it went through the questions, including setting the root password. So now I can set the root password during the installation.
Yep. VMWare's "easy" install does that.
Pick the "expert mode" and you'll get full prompts.
If you're installing multiple systems, it's very helpful to configure a kickstart server.
On 2/3/2011 4:43 PM, Y. K. Liu wrote:
Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
All CentOS 4.x installations should ask for the root password during installation. And the stupid question must be asked: Are you sure you didn't enter a root password when thinking it was asking for a user password? Try your user password on root and see what happens.
IIRC, the installation process is this:
1) Get base installation info including root password 2) Install system 3) Reboot 4) Perform post install setup including at least one user account
Thank you, Robert and Bowie, for your help. The problem is resolved now (please see my previous email). Thank you, all, so much, anyway.
Jerry
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Bowie Bailey Bowie_Bailey@buc.com wrote:
On 2/3/2011 4:43 PM, Y. K. Liu wrote:
Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
All CentOS 4.x installations should ask for the root password during installation. And the stupid question must be asked: Are you sure you didn't enter a root password when thinking it was asking for a user password? Try your user password on root and see what happens.
IIRC, the installation process is this:
- Get base installation info including root password
- Install system
- Reboot
- Perform post install setup including at least one user account
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At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:43:14 -0800 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 (not CentOS 5) on VMware Fusion using an ISO file I downloaded. During the installation, it asked me to enter a user name and its password. I tried to enter root for the user name, but it would not let me do that. So I had to enter a non-root user name.
So I did not have the root user name and password when the installation completed. I only had a non-privileged user name, and could not do any sudo work. How can I solve this problem?
I noticed that CentOS 5 (not the 4.8 I needed to install) asking to enter the password for root during the installation. But I need to install CentOS 4.8, not 5.
CentOS 4's (including 4.8) installer should have ALSO asked for a root password (just like CentOS 5's installer). Both systems use basically the same installer.
Thank you. Jerry
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