At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:43:14 -0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at 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 > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments