Docker – How to Access Root User without Password

February 22, 2016 by Ajitesh Kumar · Leave a comment

If you have been trying different passwords to access root user in a docker machine terminal, do not worry. Following is the command which would get you access to root user without needing you to enter any password 🙂

sudo -i

One could access the docker machine from docker terminal with following command:

docker-machine ssh <docker-machine name such as default>
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