From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-02-15T05:36:38+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby for the nokia 770 internet tablet


On Feb 14, 2006, at 3:22 PM, David Vallner wrote:

> Dňa Pondelok 13 Február 2006 21:03 Kenosis napísal:
>> I was wondering where you got these packages?  Did you build them
>> w/Maemo yourself or download them from somewhere.  Also, how did you
>> get your root password for your 770? I'm assuming its the same for  
>> all
>> the devices so if you could share your's with me I'd be grateful as
>> I've been unable to hack/crack it thus far.
>>
>
> As the OS is supposed to be a Debian-based distribution, there is  
> no proper
> root account or password. Try using sudo, entering your own  
> password for
> administrative tasks?
>
> David Vallner
>

Having no proper root account or password is an Ubuntu-ism (and a Mac  
OS Xism), not a Debian-ism. I can assure you vanilla Debian does have  
a root user.