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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: jls on May 06, 2012, 05:37:57 PM

Title: user=me what's the password?
Post by: jls on May 06, 2012, 05:37:57 PM

Hi
If I boot with user=me what's the password?

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: coreplayer2 on May 06, 2012, 05:39:50 PM

Now there is a puzzle  :P

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: gerald_clark on May 06, 2012, 05:40:43 PM

What ever you set it to and save.

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: jls on May 06, 2012, 05:42:49 PM

I haven't set any password

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: bmarkus on May 06, 2012, 05:43:28 PM

Does user 'me' exists?

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: gerald_clark on May 06, 2012, 05:48:09 PM

If you have not set one, you don't have one.
This is pretty basic Linux stuff.
sudo passwd me

Then add the following to /opt/.filetool.lst
etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/group
etc/gpasswd

then
backup

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: jls on May 06, 2012, 06:01:54 PM

the answer is tcuser as indicated now in the tc irc channel by user _html
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,9565.msg52134.html#msg52134 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,9565.msg52134.html#msg52134)

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: solorin on May 06, 2012, 08:47:20 PM

can anyone please tell me if there
is there a way to disable the user= bootcode?

it seems to me that this isn't very secure.

cheerio,
solorin

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: coreplayer2 on May 06, 2012, 09:30:20 PM

You would think that anyone who has access to the boot codes has access to breach any security on the machine, no...?

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: solorin on May 06, 2012, 10:57:46 PM

I run off a usb drive.

I'd like to ensure (as much as possible) that if I lose my flash drive, that my data is not compromised.

And yes,  big brother has been with us for a while.
He's only getting bigger.

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: Rich on May 07, 2012, 01:10:33 AM

Hi solorin
Then encrypt the contents of your drive, and please don't hijack jls_legalizes thread.

Title: Re: user=me what's the password?
Post by: solorin on May 07, 2012, 01:22:53 AM

Apologies for hijacking your thread, jls_legalize.