Safe to Change Password for Root?

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Safe to Change Password for Root?

Postby autumnwalker » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:52 am

Hi, I'm wondering if it is safe to change the password for root? If so, what is the best way to do it?

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Re: Safe to Change Password for Root?

Postby moredruid » Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:15 am

yup, should be no problem
as root type: passwd
and then your password (twice)

or as root: echo "<yourpasswordhere>" | passwd --stdin root
echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D2173656C7572206968616D41snlbxq' | dc
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Re: Safe to Change Password for Root?

Postby autumnwalker » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:43 am

done, thanks!
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