On Sat, 11 May 2019 10:31:38 -0400 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ranjan Maitra writes: > > > Btw, is there a way to take out a root password once set? > > The manual page for the passwd command describes its options. One option > sets an invalid password which means that the account cannot be logged in > directly, and the only way to do so is via some other means, like ssh public > key authentication. Another option is to remove the password, so that one > can log in as root without entering a password. Be sure to fully understand > the ramifications of either options. > > If you have a question about a particular command, the first place to look > is always its manual page. > > $ man passwd No, my question is different. I did not use to have a root password, not a empty password (if I can explain myself) before I went in and added it. I was wondering how one gets back to this state. >From the manual, is this the same thing as the -l option? Is this what it really was, earlier (and when a root password is not set during Fedora installation). Many thanks, Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
