Hi, I've installed the pre installed Debian 8 version on parallels 12. But unfortunately I can't find out the root password :-( Thanks a lot best regards Gérard
Hello @GerardS2 There is no root password specified. You need to specify a root password for the Debian virtual machine. It should be an secure password. For example: 1qazxdr5
I have this same problem. Using Parallels 12 on macOS 10.12.0, I just created a Debian 8 VM using the preconfigured image downloaded from Parallels, which doesn't query for any settings prior to creating the VM. it created a single login username called parallels as a Standard User (not as an Administrative User). As a result, whenever I try to unlock the Settings dialog for any reason, it prompts me for the Administrator password. I type in the parallels user password (the only user account configured), and the authentication fails. I cannot authenticate using su from a Terminal window, either. So, I have a new Debian 8 VM to which I can login as a Standard User and no way to administer it. What do I do to fix this? Thanks in advance to anyone with a solution.
I just solved my problem: I used the prlctl utility from a Terminal window to set the root password, which I then used to authenticate to unlock the User Settings dialog and change the paralells user account to an Administrative user. See the Parallels 12 Administrators Guide for details on the prlctl command line utility.
Since there is no password specified. Open a Terminal and type: sudo passwd root Enter a new password. Done.
