Default Root Password
Default Root Password
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How to change/set default root password
Open Terminal app and run:
sudo su
type in your user account password and hit ENTER. You are now in superuser (root) mode. You can recognize this by looking at the terminal prompt. Before entering root terminal your prompt looks something like this:
username@hostname:~$
and after:
root@hostname:/home/username/
To change root password run:
passwd
You will get Enter new UNIX password: prompt, type your desired password (it will not be echoed) and press ENTER, then type it in again to confirm. Your new root password is now set.
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- mladen
- Last Edited
- Nov 6 2017, 12:09