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#1 2008-09-21 02:53:54

geo909
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Registered: 2008-09-07
Posts: 309

No root password!

Hello everybody,

I installed arch a bit rushed and didn't setup any password
for root!
Though I installed sudo and can run commands with sudo
as a normal user..

Can I add a password to root now?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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#2 2008-09-21 02:55:57

fwojciec
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Registered: 2007-05-20
Posts: 1,411

Re: No root password!

If sudo works you should be able to do something like "sudo passwd root"

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#3 2008-09-21 04:19:32

geo909
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Registered: 2008-09-07
Posts: 309

Re: No root password!

fwojciec wrote:

If sudo works you should be able to do something like "sudo passwd root"

Thanks! That did the job!

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