[node-devel] How to access Ovirt Node Hypervisor shell using root

[Mike Burns]

On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 11:19 +0200, Fabian Deutsch wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 25.10.2012, 17:11 +0800 schrieb Wenyi Gao:
> > I installed Ovirt Node  Hypervisor. It seems that I only can log in 
> > using "admin" and do some configuration, but I can't access shell. So 
> > how can I can access the shell using root? Thanks.
> 
> Hey Wenyi,
> basically it's no intended to login as root. For debugging or
> development purposes you can set a root password by
> running /usr/libexec/ovirt-config-password - but as said - this is not
> recommended.
> 
> May I ask what are you trying to do? Maybe this can be achieved
> differently.

As a separate note, you can get to a shell (root shell actually) from
the TUI by pressing F2.  

I would still like to know what the need is for accessing the shell.  If
it's more than just debugging or development, then it might be something
that we want to add to the TUI.

Mike 

> 
> Greetings
> fabian
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