F22 and the RPI2B

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 05:12:17 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:

> 
> I tried this yesterday on the ARM list and got no response. Perhaps 
> someone here has a suggestion?
> 
> I have Fedora-Xfce-armhfp-22-3-sda.raw installed on an SD card. It runs 
> to the initial installation screen and wants a password entered. 
> Unfortunately it doesn't recognize the keyboard and mouse inputs.
> 
> So, I should be able to SSH into it but again since I haven't created a 
> password:
> 
> [bobg at box10 ~]$ ssh -XC bobg at 192.168.1.83
> bobg at 192.168.1.83's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> 
> I found Googling:
> 
> /mnt/etc/sdcard/passwd  To start without passwd remove "x" from the root 
> line as below:
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash  > root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> 
> I did that but it still wont let me in, just "try again."
> 
> What else can I try to work around this?
> 
> Any suggestion appreciated,

It's asking you for bobg's password, not root's.
Modifying root's credentials won't touch bobg's.