I am a newborn newbie. This is my first install of a Linux server. I am working on the AWS EC2 SUSE Enterprise. I successfully installed the server and had it up and running, mostly successfully, with a LAMP package. However, my PHP didn't seem to work, so in Googling around I saw that you do updates using the "zipper patch" command, which I executed as 'root' user, with no password, as this is just a trial/development exercise for me. Foolishily, I did not read the thousands of lines of text that flashed on the screen during the installs. When it completed, it said I needed to reboot, which I did, and when I tried to log in again, I was prompted for a password! I never entered any password during the "zipper patch" install, and prior to that I had no password on my root account, which is the only account I have been working with.
So what the hell is going on? does Linux just arbitrarily throw passwords on accounts when it patches things? How can I remedy this situation and find my password? Is there a 'default" password for SUSE Linux root accounts? I tried all the usual stuff: no password, admin, password, root, Linux, but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
So what the hell is going on? does Linux just arbitrarily throw passwords on accounts when it patches things? How can I remedy this situation and find my password? Is there a 'default" password for SUSE Linux root accounts? I tried all the usual stuff: no password, admin, password, root, Linux, but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.