On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:04:37 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/22/22 08:12, stan via users wrote: > > passwd --unlock --expire root > > Hi Stan, > > > Why did you throw --expire on the above command? > > -e, --expire > This is a quick way to expire a password for an > account. The user will be forced to change the > password during the next login attempt. Available > to root only. > If the account has been locked, and never used, there is probably no password. This ensures that the root user, gets to set the password that they want. In fact, they can't access the root account without setting a new password. This doesn't apply to installs that already have an active root user (older installs). The new installs, from what I understand, do not set up a root account password as part of the install process. Everyone is supposed to use sudo, for its apparently increased security, or convenience, or lack of confusion, etc. As I said, I have only read about this, and haven't experienced it, so am not aware of the actual state of the root account when that occurs. Samuel has said the account always exists, so I assume that it must be locked if a login wasn't created during the install. _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
