I got the problem resolved now. When I installed CentOS 4.8 on VMware Fusion, I should not have used the VMware default easy installation, which bypassed the installation questions, including setting the root password. After I unchecked the easy installation, I was able to set the root password.
Thank you again, anyway.
Jerry
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Y. K. Liu <ykliu7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On a web site, I noticed that when installing CentOS 5.4 (not the 4.8 I installed), it asked to enter the password for the root.
However, I need to install CentOS 4.8, not the 5.4. During the installation of 4.8, it would not let me enter root for the username. So I could not create root username at that time, and I only had a non-privileged regular username.
Thanks,
JerryOn Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Y. K. Liu <ykliu7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I could not login as root. I only had a non-privileged user name.
Thanks,
JerryOn Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Lucas Timm LH <linuxhelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Are you trying to log as root in GDM or in a TTY?2011/2/3 Y. K. Liu <ykliu7@xxxxxxxxx>
_______________________________________________Hi,
I installed CentOS 4.8 on VMware Fusion 3.1.2. The installation was fine. During the installation, it asked me to enter my username and password. I tried to enter "root" as the username, but it was not allowed. So I had to enter other name for that.
After I logged into CentOS 4.8, I could not do sudo because I was a regular user. Could somebody tell me how I can become root?
Thank you.
Jerry
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