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

Wenyi Gao wenyi at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Oct 26 01:45:06 UTC 2012


On 2012-10-26 04:35, Mike Burns wrote:
> 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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Thanks Fabian and Mike, I just want to log in the system and debug for 
something.

Wenyi Gao




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