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RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - bjcheung77 - 08-08-2017
Hello,
I have a question in regards to the Root password reset. How does a newbie do it?
I'm trying to change the password and there's no "icon" for that.
When I go into terminal, it says I need to be logged into root.
Isn't the main account that I created, the root account?
Thank you,
RE: RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - quigongene - 08-08-2017
from terminal:
su root
<enter root password>
passwd
RE: RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - jsd - 08-09-2017
(08-08-2017, 03:56 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Isn't the main account that I created, the root account?
Your main account for normal use should definitely not be root.
RE: RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - quigongene - 08-09-2017
Also agree with this, but he asked a specific question.
RE: RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - jsd - 08-09-2017
sure, but you seemed to have fielded that one fine on your own. i was making a separate point.
RE: RHEL 6 - Root Password Change (How To) - quigongene - 08-09-2017
Fair enough :-)