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eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 22 Jan 2020 17:39
by clishmaclaver
Following the instructions on https://efa-project.org/download/, I installed eFA4 on the centos 7 machine.
Everything seems OK till the pre-installation and setup, however once rebooted the machine, I can no longer access the console as root, the root pwd created during the centos installation/intial setup is not accepted and I tried to use the classical password EfaPr0j3ct if somehow the setup overwritten the root pwd. But Nothing.
Any idea what triggers this problem? Or which is the def password used by eFA4?
Note: I am connecting directly to the VM console - it's not SSH/SELinux issue.
Thanks!

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020 10:54
by shawniverson
Are you using the iso?

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:35
by clishmaclaver
actually no, installed from this link wget -O build.bash https://install.efa-project.org
btw, I have tried also to install from iso file, but installation fails and get aborted

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 23 Jan 2020 17:07
by henk
Did you try? : eFaPr0j3ct

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 24 Jan 2020 09:34
by clishmaclaver
yes, it doesn't work either.
I thought about reinstalling again by capturing the installation process, however I couldn't because the domain appears to be inactive - see attachment.

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 24 Jan 2020 11:13
by shawniverson
You are spelling the domain wrong, which makes me wonder how you are spelling the password...

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:07
by clishmaclaver
was simply a typo, I screwed up the wrong screenshot, the problem was on my router and I assure you it's not spelling issue.

Attached it caught my attention during installation... idea?

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 24 Jan 2020 22:50
by shawniverson
That is supposed to happen. Use your new cli user and use sudo.

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:03
by elfranko
I wanted to upload some files to the box, and admin user was denied access to the /etc/postfix/ssl folder Using WinSCP
My work around was to go into users in webmin and remove the tick from "Login temporarily disabled" from the root user.
This allowed me to do what I needed to do.

Hope this helps

Frank

Re: eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 19:47
by henk
To allow root to login is what you call a really bad idea. idea :naughty: . You need to use your cli user and use sudo as Shwan mentioned.

The rule is simple, never allow root access. :!:

Use ssh or a tool great free tool like https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html to drop and drag files
and install mc ( yum install mc) if you want a gui to manage files like you used to do on Windoows.