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Change root password
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| Hello,
I would like to ask how to change root password? Linux 6.2 version.
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| The VMS Kid 2002-05-31, 8:54 am |
| Log in as root and type "passwd" (no quotes), then change the password. If you mean that you don't know the root password, then boot into single user mode and delete the password filed from your /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files and then reset it using the passwd command. | |
| cross36 2002-06-02, 2:12 am |
| Thanks for the trick VMS | |
| The VMS Kid 2002-06-03, 7:03 am |
| No prob. |
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