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How do I change the root password?
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How do I change the root password?
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Re: How do I change the root password?
Open a terminal, log in as root and type
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passwd
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Re: How do I change the root password?
How about
If you haven't installed sudo then boot to a shell by adding init=/bin/bash to the kernel command line in GRUB then remount the filesystem read-write and run the passwd command for root to reset it.
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sudo passwd root
deadbang