January 5, 201115 yr I set my 'root' password using passwd at the CLI. Logged into a terminal a couple times, asked me for a password just fine. Ended up rebooting the computer. Logged into a terminal and it never asked me for my password? Calling all security! Version 4.6.
January 5, 201115 yr I set my 'root' password using passwd at the CLI. Logged into a terminal a couple times, asked me for a password just fine. Ended up rebooting the computer. Logged into a terminal and it never asked me for my password? Calling all security! Version 4.6. Yeah that won't work. You have to set your root password, and define all users via the webGui in order for it to be preserved. I'll put this as a "rework" item in the Roadmap.
January 5, 201115 yr I set my 'root' password using passwd at the CLI. Logged into a terminal a couple times, asked me for a password just fine. Ended up rebooting the computer. Logged into a terminal and it never asked me for my password? Calling all security! Change it by the web-interface and it will "stick" you tried to bypass that by using the CLI. That just changed the in-memory copy of the passwd file when using the CLI. It is not enough when booting from the flash drive. If you are using the "free" version I don't think the "Users" page is available. If using any of the paid versions, go to the "Users" page and assign a "root" password.
January 5, 201115 yr If you are using the "free" version I don't think the "Users" page is available. If using any of the paid versions, go to the "Users" page and assign a "root" password. Right you are! A workaround is this: after setting the password using 'chpasswd' command, copy the passwd file to the 'config' directory: cp /etc/passwd /boot/config
January 5, 201115 yr Author Thanks, looks like using the WebGUI did the trick. You should maybe write a small note below the password options to let the user know not to use the CLI for changing passwords. Thanks again!
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