Accidentally set a root passwd

[gh]

internet becomes craps everyday more :)
like politics

Le 11/05/2012 16:19, Basil Chupin a écrit :
> On 12/05/12 00:00, anj.tuesday at gmx.net wrote:
>> Am Freitag, den 11.05.2012, 23:50 +1000 schrieb Basil Chupin:
>>> On 11/05/12 23:36, anj.tuesday at gmx.net wrote:
>>>> I mis-used the passwd command and I think I ended up setting a root
>>>> password that I now can't seem to remember. At least entering
>>>> recovery mode prompts for a root password now, and none will do.
>>>> Sudo works fine, so is there a way to disable the root password from
>>>> there?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Anja
>>> Yes, but go and do a search on your problem and you will find a 
>>> "ton" of
>>> answers on how to do it :-) .
>>>
>>> And doing some research for yourself will teach you not to forget
>>> passwords that you set :-) .
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>>>
>> But I so prefer doing blindly what I'm told and hosing my system
>> even more!
>
> That's the spirit! :-) .
>
> But seriously, look at it from this angle: I don't know where you are 
> but where I am right now it is just past midnight and it is 0008 hours 
> on Saturday 12 May but in Los Angeles it is 0800 hours on Friday and 
> 1008 hours in New York.
>
> Now, you were fortunate to find that someone was awake and available 
> to give you the answer otherwise you may have had to wait for hours 
> and hours before someone who knew the answer would even read your 
> post. So, the first thing to do is to use the web and search for the 
> answer. But you also some most excellent sources of information in the 
> K/Ubuntu Documentation - https://help.ubuntu.com/community - but 
> (possibly even better) also Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/ .
>
> I must admit that when searching the net for an answer not only will 
> you get some gems but you will also get some furphies which will turn 
> your system into mush if you follow what they say. So, the best places 
> to go first are the 2 I just mentioned - Documentation and Launchpad. 
> Cannot find the answer there - then ask in this mail list or the 
> Ubuntu mail list.
>
> BC
>
>