Red Hat / Fedora :: Root Password Change

Jul 16, 2010

After we changed Root's password (using the passwd command), both the new and old password work. Any ideas why this could be happening?

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Fedora :: Can't Change The Root Password

Jul 30, 2009

I 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.

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Fedora :: Forgot Root Password - How To Change In F10

Sep 17, 2009

Forgot root password on fedora 10. Reboot into runlevel one and changed passwd and it said all tolkens updated. Typed exit and it didn't reboot and at login screen I logged in as other "root" and it didn't work with new password. So I redid the runlevel 1 and password change and typed init 6. It didn't work after that also. How to change fedora 10 root password if the old password is forgot?

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Fedora :: Change Root User Name And Password

Mar 25, 2010

I am running Fedora 12 as Guest OS in VMware Player. I installed Fedora 12 by using a Prepackage VM . The root user name and p/w was supplied by the person who made this appliance. Is there way for me to change root user name and pw

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Fedora Installation :: Change The Root Password Of MYSQL Server

Mar 16, 2009

How can I change the root password of MYSQL server. I have just finished installation, but I mistakenly typed the wrong root password, and now I need to change it from command line, because I cannot even access the UI.

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Ubuntu :: Change Root Password - Typing A Password, No Characters Show Up?

Mar 9, 2010

I'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.

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General :: Forgot Root Password And How To Change The Password

Jul 2, 2010

i forgot root password and how to change the password

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Red Hat :: Cannot Change Root Password (let Alone Standard User's Password)?

Jan 6, 2009

At 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.

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OpenSUSE :: Where Can Change Root Password

Nov 17, 2010

where can I change my root password?

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Ubuntu :: Change The Root Password In 10.04?

Jul 23, 2010

Iam unable to chang th root password in ubuntu. after sudoing,passwd it asks for the old password, thn th new password twice, but does not change it. What do i do?

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Debian :: Change The Root Password Without Success?

Aug 6, 2010

I am trying to reset the root password of Squeeze so that I may be able to update. I forgot it. I have followed the howto Reset Root Password without success. I am getting a root prompt but for some weird reason the root commands are not found. When I type passwd, I get, "command not found". Moreover, If I try reboot and shutdown -h now, both fail.

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OpenSUSE Install :: How To Change Root Password

Nov 1, 2010

i want to change the root password for i.e my actual root password was XXXX i tried doing something like :

"agent3@linux-bzf1:~> su -
Password:
linux-bzf1:~ # passwd
Changing password for root.
New Password:
yyyy "

did the reenter passwd stuffs...then i did a reboot saying that yeah i've changed the password,but SURPRISE,now i got 2 root password,weird?

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Ubuntu :: Change The Root Password On Laptop?

Jan 18, 2010

I recently decided to give linux a try on my personal machine. I work on a unix machine from time to time at work but am pretty much a novice with what I am doing on this laptop. I am running Ubuntu 9.10, I was trying to change the root password on my laptop but ran into the following:

charles@charles-laptop:~$ whoami
charles
charles@charles-laptop:~$ sudo password root

[code]....

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Ubuntu :: Change Root Password Without Reinstalling Os?

Mar 29, 2009

I think I would now and then like to change my Ubuntu root password for my own peace of mind. Is there a way to do that without having to re-install the os?

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General :: How Can The Non-root Users Change Their Password

Jul 31, 2010

regarding the file permissions of /etc/passwd in fact it has permissions like rw-r--r--so it says others have only read only permissions but my questions is if others has read only permissions on /etc/passwd file.how they are able to change their password i.e others are able to change their passwords then how it is possible.

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Red Hat :: Change Root Password With The Passwd Command?

Jan 15, 2010

I have Red Hat version 4 I was trying to change the root password with the passwd command.I get the error passwd: PAM [dlerror: /lib64/security/sufficient: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] I have change the password before.

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CentOS 5 :: Unable To Change Root Password

May 24, 2010

Someone hacked my CentOS 5.4 test box, that I run at home with a gnome interface. It is connected to a domain name, the hacker changed only the root password. How can I change the root password? I get a graphical Grub at startup and if I press "e" nothing happens. Is there a different way to have Grub boot in text mode? Remember that I don't have root access. I was thinking to use the linux rescue mode, but I don't know what steps/commands to enter.

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Ubuntu Installation :: Change Root Password In 10.04 Lucid?

Jun 18, 2010

How can i change my root password in Ubuntu 10.04. I need to use su in the terminal and i cant.

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Ubuntu Security :: Any Way To Change Password For Root Privileges?

Jul 10, 2011

I've been using Ubuntu for like a year now. Whenever I want root privileges I just type sudo and enter my User password. I wanna know if there's a way to change this, in a way that My User password is: "ABC" and the password needed to have root privileges is: "ABC123". I have no problem using the terminal, I actually prefer it to any GUI, it just seems easier to me.

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Security :: RHEL Root Password Automatic Change?

Jun 1, 2010

To comply with standards I need to change the root pw every so often. However, I really don't have a need to know the root password; as the only thing using root, is for ssh authenticating via ssh keys. What I want to do is automate the root password change monthly via a cron job, to a random value. Is there a way to do this without knowing the previous password?

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OpenSUSE Install :: Change Computer Name / Dedicated Root Password

Dec 2, 2009

I don't know that this post fits here, nor does it fit in "Applications." installing suse doesn't seem to give you the chance to name your computer. Now my computer is called "linux-0qvi" or something strange like that. I want to name my computer. Can I do this now without screwing things up??

Also, during install, there didn't seem to be an opportunity to make a separate root password. My first (and main user) account is now set up with admin rights, so I have to type in my account password every time I do something as root. Can I set a separate dedicated root password without screwing up my system?

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General :: Change Root Password To Effect A Manual Fsck ?

Sep 27, 2009

I have pc/os linux 2009 installed and I recently got the following message while trying to boot up my system:

*checking root file system...fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009) dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/sda1:Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found. /dev/sda1:Unexpected inconsistency;run fsck manually. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck died with exit status 4

*An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted. The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode.

*The root filesystem is currently mounted in read-only mode. A maintenance shell will now be started. after performing system maintenance press Control-D to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system.

Give root password for maintenance:

The problem is, when I enter my password I get an incorrect password prompt. How can I change my password so that a manual fsck can start? Why did this message error message appear in the first place?

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General :: Deny Root2 To Change Password Of Original Root

Aug 5, 2010

I created 2nd root (root2) by running useradd -o -u 0 root2 is it possible to deny root2 to change password of original root?

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OpenSUSE Install :: 11.0 - Which System To Mount To Change The Root Forgotten Password

Jan 12, 2010

I have a Suse 11.0 Server that has been running for a long time and I have not had to touch it, well I need to get into it today and I forgot the password. So I booted it up with the install disc and got into the rescue mode but I am not sure how or which system to mount to change the root password I tried sda and sda1 but it errored out with unknown system type

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Recover User Password And Root Password If Forgotten ?

Oct 24, 2010

How to recover user password and root password in fedora if u forget

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Ubuntu :: Recovery Mode In Grub - Can Change Password Of Every User By Logging In As Root

Mar 25, 2010

I just tried ubuntu 9.10 in recovery mode i came to know that i can change root passwd without knowing the password then i can change password of every user by logging in as root

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OpenSUSE Install :: Root Password Not Set \ Wasn't Prompted To Set The Root Password?

Jun 25, 2010

When 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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Fedora Security :: Become Root Without Root Password?

Oct 20, 2010

I 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:

[Code]...

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.

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General :: Change Password For Newly Created User And Root User Using Graphical?

Jan 15, 2010

I am using mint 8 for a 2 weeks, I am noob to linux but I like Mint than any other linux distro which is great alternative to windows. I have a problem regarding password reseting.

1. My laptop automatically get logged in without asking user name and password.

2. I tried to change password for newly created user and root user using graphical way but it does not work.

2. I can perform administrator task using only OEM user which is default inbuilt user of mint.

How can make my laptop to ask password when mint get booted? How to change password for other users?

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OpenSUSE Install :: Change Password But When Type In The New Password Get This "The Password Is Longer Than 8 Characters?

Jan 8, 2010

hello i am trying to change my password, but when i type in the new password i get this:"The password is longer than 8 characters. On some systems, this can cause problems. You can truncate the password to 8 characters, or leave it as it is."my question is what kind of problem could i get and how can i change so i have to log in every time i start the computer?

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