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ghost2003 · 04-18-2007, 07:44 PM

If you login as root you can change the password with passwd(1)

Of course, you need to have the current password to do that...you do have it, right?

If you often need to run a program as root, look into using sudo(8)

04-18-2007, 07:44 PM	#2
ghost2003 Lest we forget Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,870	If you login as root you can change the password with passwd(1) Of course, you need to have the current password to do that...you do have it, right? If you often need to run a program as root, look into using sudo(8) __________________ redqueen: Antec Sonata, Pentium-D 2.5GHz, MSI G31M3-L, 2GB ram, 320 GB HDD, OpenBSD hal9000: Lenovo T61, 2GB ram, 120 GB HDD, FreeBSD