On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 04:58:39PM +0200, Damian Lubosch wrote:
Thomas H. George wrote:
I am trying to setup static ip addresses running either the etch or the
lenny gnome iso's - the problem is the same for both.
If, at the boot prompt, I enter
install netcfg/disable_dhcp=true
or
vmlinuz install netcfg/disable_dhcp=true
I get the message, Could not find the kernel image: vmlinuz
The kernel name to use is live.
You can set static IP before building the CD in this config file:
livecd/config/binary in section
LH_BOOTAPPEND=ip=eth0,192.168.0.1,255.255.255.0,192.168.0.254
(IP,Netmask,Gateway)
My goal is to build a customized CD so this is just what I needed.
On the other hand, if I simply hit enter at the boot prompt the system
boots up very nicely to the gnome desk top. Then
Applications/Debian/Apps/System/Network Administration opens a window
asking for root's password. Neither sudo bash or bash alone work. If
I go to a console window Ctl/Del/F1 and enter sudo bash I immediately
get the root prompt.
See Ben's posting for this.
Right
I confess that I do not fully understand sudo. I am the only one
allowed to do any administrative functions on the computers of my home
network so until now I have just become root for this work and a normal
user for everything else.
Sudo lets a user execute commands with root's rights. If you really need
a password for root you can simply create one. On the shell you create a
root-shell sudo bash and then you can set your root-pw with pwd. Of
course it will vanish after reboot.
I started with the iso to get a start on setting up a wireless
connection. Since sudo is intended to allow limited administrative
access it never occurred to me that I would be allowed to change root's
password. As you pointed out, I could and did change root's password
and with the new password I was able to alter the network setup and set
static addresses.
Thanks for the help.
Tom George
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