[OpenIndiana-discuss] beginners question about OI

[cwjordanoi at cox.net]

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 at 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
cwjordan at cox.net

---- John Thornton <secretelf77 at gmail.com> 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]