Fedora 14 LXDE - liveuser's password?

[ciro314]

I've tried everything to login after loading the live cd

user root, passwd root, (none), toor
user liveuser passwd (none), livecd

could anybody help me, please?

[PabloTwo]

Every "Live" Linux CD I've ever used automatically sets the user as root, with no password. If a password is requested, just hit ENTER.

[exton]

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

Every "Live" Linux CD I've ever used automatically sets the user as root, with no password. If a password is requested, just hit ENTER.

That is not true at all. I e only Puppy and Slax have it that way. In Fedora Live you are supposed to be logged in automatically as the user "liveuser".

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Originally Posted by ciro314

I've tried everything to login after loading the live cd

user root, passwd root, (none), toor
user liveuser passwd (none), livecd

could anybody help me, please?

Try this
Edit your fedora-live-base.ks like this:
# selinux --enforcing
# exton
selinux --permissive
# end exton

[ryptyde]

If you are still having a problem at the login try rebooting and then
when you get to the boot screen press the spacebar and when at the
grub menu press tab key and enter the number 3 to the end of the line.
Hit enter and when it starts loading press the Esc key and you can watch
line for line as system loads. It should finally come to a text login and then
enter "liveuser" press enter and hopefully you will be logged in. Then you can
enter "startx" again hit enter and it should proceed to the LXDE graphical
desktop.

Had a similar problem with a livecd after installing it and this method worked for me.

phil

[Hlingler]

The F14-LXDE Live CD (i686) booted me straight to the desktop, no log-in screen. Is this not what happened to you?

V

EDIT: OK, I just tested by logging out of desktop. At log-in screen:
> I hit "more..." and entered user=root, password=<blank> (just hit <ENTER> key) and it failed (refreshed log-in screen); so root-user log-in is disabled.
> then I hit "Liveuser" and password=<blank> (just hit <ENTER> key), got back to desktop.

[kurtdriver]

After logging in as LiveUser you can type su into gnome-terminal which will be successful without a password. Then you can change root's password to whatever you want.

[ryptyde]

Originally Posted by kurtdriver

After logging in as LiveUser you can type su into gnome-terminal which will be successful without a password. Then you can change root's password to whatever you want.

I found that changing roots password and/or changing user password would still not allow login from the
GDM. Could only login from runlevel 3 then "startx". Fortunately one of the regular forum nerds(stoat) suggested
to run "autorelabel" from the grub menu and add it to the kernel line. That cured my login problem at the gui.

phil

[jenaniston]

In F14 LXDE Live, if you try runlevel 3 (added to kernel arguments) it will first ask for a password and you enter "root" . . .
however, IF it is the boot through the automatic login in the runlevel 5 that gets you to the desktop . . .
and if you go to the LX terminal, it is the usual ( a switch user followed by space and hyphen) :

su -

No password is asked for.

but, . . . IF you are in an installed F14 LXDE from the Live CDiso, it will ask for the password next in the LX terminal after the su -
(that password is what was entered during the first few steps of the install from Live CD - must be six letters at least - will tell you it is weak password no matter what practically!)

Also, btw . . . if you do anything such as mkdir or move files or mount as root in the LX terminal,
and then try to do things on the desktop as the liveuser,
it will ask for authentication - a hassle.

Hope this helps some, as well as these other replies - Good luck.