>>>>> "John" == John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> writes:
John> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:28:35 -0800 Daniel Johnson John> <[email protected]> dijo: >> sudo -i John> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:23:11 -0800 Larry Brigman John> <[email protected]> dijo: >> sudo su - passwd root John> I understand there are differences between sudo and actually John> being root. Do these make me really root? 'Cause I need to feel John> the power. Sudo'ing to root, and resetting the password ought to make su work again. I personally like: "sudo -s" to get a root shell, the you can "passwd root" or maybe even just "passwd" to reset the root password. John> And why could I become root with just su before, but now it John> won't take the password? Caps Lock? :-) I am not a Fedora user, so maybe it's some new kevlar-sock thing (i.e. to prevent you shooting yourself in the foot). -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
