Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

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Hi f(t),

You can do that.

Just
~ $ sudo gainroot
# passwd
# exit
~ $ su
Password:

Hope this helps :)

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail <francisco.diaztrepat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root.

f(t)


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper <aklapper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat:
> Hi anyone know whether doing:
> 1 root (to gain root access)
> 2 passwd (to change the password)
> would couse a meltdown of my phone?

If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet!

andre
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