On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:40:01 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/24/2020 11:23 AM, Beartooth wrote: >> useradd -h as root got me nothing that seemed to enable even root >> to edit a user's data. (I tried -p and -u.) Can I do it?? > > Try this: first, use su - to become root. Then, as root: > > passwd $USERNAME > > This will (or at least should) allow you to change the user's password > without needing to know the old one. Well, I tried it: # passwd $xxxx Changing password for user root. New password: IOW, when I actually gave it one, it changed *root's* password, and I had to change that back. That's worse. -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
