su passwd mangled

[Bruce Marshall]

On Sunday, August 08, 2010, Brian Wootton wrote:
> Help, can anybody tell me how to reset my root password
> without having to re-install the OS. I've had the same su
> passwd for years and never change it, so I wonder how the
> system managed to screw mine up.
> brian

I believe you can just   

sudo passwd  root

from a terminal session  and then after entering your user pswd, just follow 
the prompts.