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Hello,
I have a question in regards to the Root password reset. How does a newbie do it?
I'm trying to change the password and there's no "icon" for that.
When I go into terminal, it says I need to be logged into root.
Isn't the main account that I created, the root account?
Thank you,
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from terminal:
su root
<enter root password>
passwd
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08-09-2017, 01:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2017, 01:20 PM by jsd.)
(08-08-2017, 03:56 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Isn't the main account that I created, the root account?
Your main account for normal use should definitely not be root.
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Also agree with this, but he asked a specific question.
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sure, but you seemed to have fielded that one fine on your own. i was making a separate point.
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