Re: root password

[Kurt Wall]

Using recycled bits, Ken Russell said:
% linux heads--
% I am having a heck of a time trying to change the root password. I log in
% under my user name, su to root, issue 'passwd', it goes through the motions
% as if everything were hunky-dory, but when I exit root and try to get in
% again, its the old password. Is there something special about changing the
% root password?

Yes, probably, but I don't know what it is.  I've had the same problem.
When I do this, I flip over to another VC, login in as root (not "su -")
and change the password that way.

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Kurt Wall
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