Red Hat :: Set Root Password?
Jun 30, 2010I just want to set my own root password in linux 9 but it saythe password have no match and I can't go to next button. How can I make my own root password?
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OpenSUSE Install :: Root Password Not Set \ Wasn't Prompted To Set The Root Password?
Jun 25, 2010When I installed the OS, I wasn't prompted to set the root password. Is this a bug, or did my install hose up?
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Jul 23, 2009I am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
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Mar 3, 2010I m Trying to get vsftpd usergroups to work i accidentally moved a file called passwd from /etc/vsftpd/ to /etc/, resulting in my root access is destroyed! how to restore the passwd file so i can keep working, or do i have to re-install the entire box?
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Mar 9, 2010I'm really new to Linux so this will probably sound like a pretty naive question to most users, but how do you change the root password?To install Java, I have to type # su into Terminal,which then asks for the password.What's weird is that when I start typing a password, no characters show up. I don't know if this is supposed to happen or not.I've found a bunch of different sites on the Internet that explain how to change the root password, but none of them seem to work for my specific work station.
I've got Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. In the GRUB boot menu, I can choose to boot normal or in recovery mode (I'm led to believe older versions don't have this option).I've tried typing # sudo passwrd into Terminal, but I already have a root password set up apparently, so I can't change it there.
Red Hat / Fedora :: Recover User Password And Root Password If Forgotten ?
Oct 24, 2010How to recover user password and root password in fedora if u forget
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Oct 26, 2010I no longer have access to my root desktop. On a session I attempted to change the root username but i apparently assigned it a wrong directory that does not exist. When I rebooted with my new root username, i was instead recognised as a simple user (no root privileges). I tried the console to change to "old" root but root password is not accepted and there is no way to access to sudoer files. it seems that inserting a new username requires root privileges and i am back to square one. Simply logging with old root username and password after restart gives me a blank screen with nothing on it and cannot even reboot.
View 9 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Did Not Find Any Option For Root Password For Root User In Ubuntu 9.10?
Mar 2, 2010i used opensuse 11.1 ...there is option for root user to create password for root...but for ubuntu i did not find anything like that...so how can i create root password....or how can i use root
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Apr 9, 2010I was trying to edit a file requiring root permissions, so I used sudo. I typed the root password and it failed. This happened three times, and the process was ended. I then logged in as root (su) and was able to navigate to the file and make changes as root. Am I missing something? How would I edit the sudoers file such that this password would work? Or is there another way to log in to the sudo group to make these changes? How do I set sudo passwords?
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Jul 2, 2010i forgot root password and how to change the password
View 3 Replies View RelatedRed Hat :: Cannot Change Root Password (let Alone Standard User's Password)?
Jan 6, 2009At the RHEL prompt, I entered the standard user's username/password combo. Linux displays a message box stating:"Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator."Next, I entered "root" in the username field and entered the root password (which expired also--keep in mind that passwords are set to expire after x days). Linux displays a message box stating:"You are required to change your password immediately (password aged)."When prompted to "Enter current UNIX password", I entered the new password (was that the right thing to do?); Linux displays a message box stating:"The change of the authentication token failed. Please try again later or contact the system administrator."I rebooted the system and got into command line mode; somehow I logged in as "root" (don't know exactly how, but needed to change the password there). At the "#" prompt, I type "passwd root"; Linux displays the message "Changing password for user root", followed by the message "passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered.
View 4 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Root Login Without Setting Root Password
May 14, 2015I edited fstab to automatically mount my windows data partition on boot, but I screwed it up by not specifying the file system type, however that is not the problem, I was able to fix that easily. The problem was that when it failed to mount the partition, Debian automatically entered root and I guess that is to be expected in order for me to fix it, but I never configured a root password and it just gave me full root access without asking any password, not even my user password. I though that was strange so I set the root password and sure thing it asked me for the root password this time without automatically logging into root....
I then tried to lock the root account to see if it will ask me for a password or not, it did but of course I wasn't able to login as root because it was locked now and I was left with no way to access the system. I had to fix fstab from a live cd so that I can login normally as the user....
I didn't know what to search for or if that is the expected behavior if you don't set root password during installation, but it just seemed a bit strange to automatically enter root when you specifically disable root login during installation...
Ubuntu :: Root-User : Unset The Root Password?
Oct 14, 2010A friend of mine has told me to set a root password and use root (f.e. switching to su in terminal and work with root rights instead).Is there any way to unset the root password? I know how to use sudo now.
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Mar 15, 2010Ubuntu is installed in dual boot in my machine. I created only one user and unfortunately I forgot the password. is there anyway to recover this password or better have the root password?
View 1 Replies View RelatedFedora Security :: Become Root Without Root Password?
Oct 20, 2010I found this on Bee's website. For more info on this exploit there are links there:[URl]..All you have to do in Fedora 13 is enter the following lines in a shell as normal user:
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I don't think this can be considered solely an "upstream" problem, because I first tried it in Arch using the same version of glibc, and the final command causes both gnome-terminal and xterm windows to disappear.
General :: Using SSH To Log Into A Non-root Account Using Root Password
Feb 10, 2010I am trying to log into a server with a particular account. Let's say I don't know the password for that account. Can I do this using ssh? I am wondering if it is possible to do it in one command, instead of logging in as root and running su.
View 4 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Lost Password - "Give Root Password For Maintenance"
Apr 16, 2010I want b able to recover or reset the password that i lost. I have ubunto installed with windows vista. I used the following link for guidance: [URL].. tried recovery mode in grub it always asks me the same thing:"Give root password for maintenance". I also tried to edit and boot the kernel unfortunately it did not work. So i never have a prompt, it still asks me for the password.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOpenSUSE :: How To Set A SQL Root Password
May 13, 2011I'm trying to follow a mySQL setup guide and it advised me to use the command: opensuse11:~ # mysqladmin -u root -p rootpasswordto set root password.Now, here's what I've done:
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Starting service MySQL
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Ubuntu :: Password For Root - How To Set It?
Mar 5, 2010I installed yesterday two versions of Ubuntu: Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3.At both versions, I saw that, during the installation process, it did not required at any time to set the password for the root user. But afterward, when I needed to make some configuration for network connection, it was necessary to input the password for root. And I was logged as a regular user. So, how could this issue be solved?
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Jul 13, 2010I'm installing Doom 3. It tell me to enter my password to run as root, or press enter to install as a user.I keep typing in my password, but I don't think the app is recognizing it. I enter the PW, and press "Enter". Then, it says I don't have the permission to create a new folder in usr/local/games.
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Can't Set Root Password?
Oct 28, 2010When I try to set root password, I get to where I'm supposed to enter my user (not root) password first, and it won't accept any typing at all, password or otherwise.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Want To Set Root Password
May 4, 2011Want to set root password.i don't have any idea as from where to get a root password. as I have freshly install Ubuntu10. Sudo cmd is working out.How to go in single user mode in Ubuntu.
View 5 Replies View RelatedRed Hat :: Su: Incorrect Password PAM As Root?
Apr 15, 2011I've inherited a linux box, redhat I believe.
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Linux tmif3 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:29:47 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I added a user useradd billy because I don't like being root. I changed the password using passwd billy all as normal. when I try to logon, ssh rsh I cannot. even as root with an su - yields the following..
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Debian :: Messing With The Root Password?
Nov 29, 2010I tryied to modify the root password, but instead of using the "passwd" command, i tried to use "usermod -p", without knowing what outcome exactly i would get. But since then, i can't log as root, neither with my old neither with my new password. And i can't install absolutely nothing on my machine.
Please, help me... i have a test next wednesday, and i can't work in my blueprint. In appendix, i've uploaded a print screen of the sequence commands, for you to be able to explain me this phenomenom and to tell me how to solve it.
Debian :: Lost Root Password
Jul 1, 2015I just did a net install of Debian Jessie in VMWare Player. I very much enjoyed the install. I chose not to install a desktop. I set the root password as root. And the user as paul/paul. Now I cant login in root, it says I have the wrong password. How would you resolve this?
View 13 Replies View RelatedDebian :: 5.0.4 - Root Password Does Not Work
Apr 8, 2010After installation of Debian 5.0.4 when a window is shown to type the root password, after I have typed it and press OK, window is closed and nothing happen. I have verified that root password is correct, also I have reinstall Debian, but nothing is changed. Is there something to enable?
View 14 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Link Root Name To Password During Log In?
Feb 15, 2011I know there has to be a way to log in as root through the GUI. I reverted back to the old GDM to get this problem fixed but it took out packages that I needed and the problems started which required me to reload Squeeze via the 8 DVDs. I don't want any posts talking about the dangers of logging in as root as I know what the consequences are. I don't want to play in the terminal mode either. I created an Admin passwd during installation. how to link the Root name to the Password during log in.
View 10 Replies View RelatedFedora :: Can't Change The Root Password
Jul 30, 2009I got during my last year of high school, and I recently installed Fedora 11. During the installation, I misunderstood one of the questions, and set my root password as what I wanted my account password. I want to go in and change it, because it's pretty easy to figure out and has me feeling really vulnerable, but it won't let me. I went to System-Administration-Root Password, entered my password, and put in a new one, but it won't let me click Change Root Password. The button is faded out and unclickable. I've tried several different passwords, and triple-checked each to make sure I typed it in correctly, but it won't work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedFedora :: Setup 12: What Password For Su Root
May 5, 2010I am trying to su from liveuser to root to run yum update. If I am not root, I get a message that says "need to be root to perform this command". I am logged in as liveuser. If I do an su root then it says that my password is invalid. Since I did not set up the root user, I do not know the password.
View 6 Replies View RelatedFedora :: Using A Root Password With CUPS?
Nov 2, 2010I have, on numerous times, tried to set up a wireless printer using CUPS. with each attempt it repeats a query asking for the username and password (root password). After entering both the window disappears, pauses and again repeats the same request. It appears that it will not accept the root password even though it works in other cases such as becoming a root user.
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