sleggtools
01-24-2002, 07:14 PM
how do I change my root password on a RAQ4?
 | View Full Version : how do I change my root password? 311 01-24-2002, 08:27 PM nothing, I posted down the wrong info... Go on... hypernatic.net 01-24-2002, 08:32 PM Originally posted by sleggtools how do I change my root password on a RAQ4? Well you can do it through the control panel, it's somewhere under maintainance I believe.. Or you can login to your box, (SSH!!), su, and type "passwd" Chicken 01-25-2002, 02:49 AM If you can do it that way, then more power to ya' (meaning it just isn't how I've always done it)... passwd root hypernatic.net 01-25-2002, 09:53 AM Sorry its in the "Administration" section and not in maintainance :) Ehm, chicken, "passwd" (just passwd) will change the pass for the CURRENT user (being root when you SU) passwd <user> is a command for root, this way he can change any user's password jahsh 01-29-2002, 05:12 PM actually passwd root will do it:rolleyes: Chicken 01-29-2002, 05:35 PM Ok, so half a dozen of one... blah blah blah, so long as it works. next time I'll save myself typing four extra characters :D Cyborg 01-30-2002, 12:05 AM /usr/bin/passwd (change root pw) cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.local (to copy pw file to the right directory) Cyborg shortfork 01-30-2002, 03:40 AM Originally posted by hypernatic.net Well you can do it through the control panel, it's somewhere under maintainance I believe.. Or you can login to your box, (SSH!!), su, and type "passwd" Nope.. Can not do it via the cp... You can change the *admin* password there, and if you've already made a separate root password, you just hosed it when you change admin passwords in the cp... It will overwrite and make both same same.. Gotta do the root password change via the command line.. ShortwishIcouldrememberexactlyhow XTStrike 01-30-2002, 05:25 AM lol, i'd say the procedure for changing a root password would be "VERY Carefully" lol :D and using passwd :-) Originally posted by sleggtools how do I change my root password on a RAQ4? |