On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 1:56 PM Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
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>
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> You need a root password to ssh into and reboot a remote machine
> that stopped accepting logins from normal users (stuck NFS, stuck NIS,
> out of memory, dead user home directory disk, borked pam, etc).
>
> Definition of remote ma
You need a root password to ssh into and reboot a remote machine
that stopped accepting logins from normal users (stuck NFS, stuck NIS,
out of memory, dead user home directory disk, borked pam, etc).
Definition of remote machine? Not under your desk; takes longer
than 5 minutes to walk to a differ
On Sat, 20 Jul 2019, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> > sudo passwd root
>
> If he had sudo access, why would he need or want a root password?
a root password, rather than mediated 'sudo' access is needed
from time to time
Before the system is up and recognizing, to do fsck' and such
which require
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 6:03 AM Elio Fabri wrote:
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> Thenk you both. Your suggestions helped me to solve the issue.
> First, reading the link by Nico (and before him by Ron Tapia privately)
> recalled me what passwd command does.
> Then jdow's post prompted use of sudo.
> Actually I had already t
Thenk you both. Your suggestions helped me to solve the issue.
First, reading the link by Nico (and before him by Ron Tapia privately)
recalled me what passwd command does.
Then jdow's post prompted use of sudo.
Actually I had already tried it and it worked.
It was not obvious, haowever, since
On 20190720 17:29:46, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 7:47 PM jdowjunkm...@earthlink.net
wrote:
(send from correct account)
sudo passwd root
If he had sudo access, why would he need or want a root password?
Nico Kadel-Garcia
{^_^}
Typing "sudo " in front of commands (
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 7:47 PM jdowjunkm...@earthlink.net
wrote:
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> (send from correct account)
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> sudo passwd root
If he had sudo access, why would he need or want a root password?
Nico Kadel-Garcia
> {^_^}
>
> On 20190720 12:11:47, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38
(send from correct account)
sudo passwd root
{^_^}
On 20190720 12:11:47, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38 PM Elio Fabri wrote:
Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer
accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.
I've been using Linux for many years (
(Send from correct account)
sudo passwd root
{^_^}
On 20190720 12:11:47, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38 PM Elio Fabri wrote:
Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer
accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.
I've been using Linux for many years (
On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38 PM Elio Fabri wrote:
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> Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer
> accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.
> I've been using Linux for many years (now SL 6.2) and it never happened
> before, so I'm stuck.
> What can I do?
> --
> Elio Fabri
Reb
Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer
accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.
I've been using Linux for many years (now SL 6.2) and it never happened
before, so I'm stuck.
What can I do?
--
Elio Fabri
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