eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

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clishmaclaver
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eFA4 - root pwd changed or?

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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!
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Are you using the iso?
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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
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Did you try? : eFaPr0j3ct
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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.
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You are spelling the domain wrong, which makes me wonder how you are spelling the password...
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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?
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That is supposed to happen. Use your new cli user and use sudo.
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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

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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.
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