vincent Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 When i do a sudo passwd root i get a message saying passwd: password updated successfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Iirc, Ubuntu doesn't have a Root user as such, instead it relies heavily on sudo to perform admin tasks. If I'm correct on this, all you've done with the above command is to reset the password used after the sudo command to root. Edited for clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 sudo passwd -d root sudo passwd Deletes the root account password and then you can set it. Like fish said, in Ubuntu there isn't a need to be using the root account, the "sudo" tool replaces that need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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