On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 23:52 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: > Dave Cotton wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 23:45 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote: > > > >> The manual seems to indicate that once the password for the root has > >> been fed into the system during installation then it cannot be changed > >> by any means. > >> > >> > > > > Then it needs rewritten or you didn't read it right. > > > > > >> I would like to change my (root) password. Can this be done? Or do I > >> need to reinstall the whole sheebang? > >> > > > > logged in as root type passwd that's all there is to it. > > > Thank you. > > I guess I should do 'passwd <new_password>', yes?
No, because that will try and set the password for a presumably non-existant user with the user name new_password. -- Dave Cotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
