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Old 09-Dec-2008, 09:29
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Default Re: self inflicted wound--root password

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Originally Posted by rlaconte View Post
I recently installed openSuse after using Mandriva for a while. In Mandriva I was able to su to root and then use

passwd -d root

to disable the root password. In my case the password is an unnecessary nuisance.

I tried this on openSUSE this morning, and now I get the message "SU returned with an error" if I try to use Yast or anything else that requires root permission.

Is there any way, short of reinstalling openSUSE, that I can fix this?

Thanks
You deleted the root password
Try logging in as root and see if you can login with suse not asking for the password. Maybe best is using yast to configure it without the root using a password if it is permissible.
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