Re: [Hampshire] Viglen mpc default pw?

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Author: Hugo Mills
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
CC: jerry.webb
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Viglen mpc default pw?

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x56cde100.hantslug.org.uk.24775': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Tue Oct 27 10:43:46 2009 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 20ACB3BE515C238D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:42:07AM +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/10/27 <jerry.webb@???>:
> > My new mpc arrived yesterday at home. I ditched all of the pointless packaging and brought the dinky white cardboard box into work to try the thing out but I left the sheet of paper with the default root password on the table. Any suggestions for what it might be folks?
> >
>
> xubuntu? root? viglen?
>
> Easier to just boot to single user mode, and when you get a prompt
> just look in /etc/passwd for the 1000 user and set their password with
> "passwd <username>" I'd have thought.


Doesn't single-user mode ask for the root password these days? I
know my systems do...

Hugo.

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