Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)

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Subject: Re: how to change root passwd (if forgotten)
From: Wawrzek Niewodniczanski <wawrzek.niewodniczanski@citrix.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:32:51 +0100
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On 08/11/11 00:35, abdelkader belahcene wrote:

On 8/10/11, Lucas Lima <lcs.freirelima@gmail.com> wrote:

the passwords are stored in /etc/shadow and you deleted the file, you should
restore it.

I just removed the second field , the password for th root. no more things

You can copy a password from other user or even from other machine.

Wawrzek

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