Thanks for that! That worked! Then I downloaded some packages under root, such as ruby.
Some odd p-oints: [1] In installation from the desktop version I couldn't get the desktop install icon to work by clicking. I had to right click/open to bring the installation procedure and GUI up. [2] When I installed and rebooted I was asked to put in username and password in the text console, then I was asked to put them in again in a splash screen log in box - so I had to input the same things twice. Weird. Interesting distro though. I did play with opensolaris a little bit a few years ago when it was open. Nice packages such as high performance computing; you seem to be more enterprise/serious user focused than say, ubuntu. I might talk about OpenIndiana at software freedom day tomorrow. Thanks again John On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > I just doublechecked and the current release of OpenIndiana > (oi-dev-151a-x86.iso from http://openindiana.org/download/) does prompt > you for the root password when you install it. This happens at the top of > the same screen where you set the name for your user account. > > You will then get asked for that root password if you run the Package > Manager tool from the desktop. However it looks like the bug in version 148 > where the initial root password is expired has not yet been fixed. So > you'll need to pull up a terminal window and reset the root password first, > using the root password you set during installation. This is documented in > bug #1055: https://www.illumos.org/issues/1055, however that bug is not > listed in the release notes. > > cwjordan@openindiana151a:~$ su - > Password: > su: Password for user 'root' has expired > New Password: > Re-enter new Password: > su: password successfully changed for root > OpenIndiana (powered by illumos) SunOS 5.11 oi_151a September > 2011 > > Chris Jordan > [email protected] > > ---- John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > I have put OpenIndiana into Oracle Virtual Box. No password was > asked > > for and the desktop has booted up OK. But when I try to update software a > > password is asked for. I have never put one in. I have tried all the > obvious > > things like root, toor, admin. I can't find anything in the > documentation; > > can someone please help? > > > > Thank you [first time Opensolaris or Indiana user] > > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
