<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 June 2011 13:59, Dave Hanson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave@hansonforensics.co.uk">dave@hansonforensics.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div>Hello Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>It's me again!</div><div><br></div>I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [<span style="font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;line-height:26px;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"><code style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">sudo passwd root] </code></strong></span>as that's the only solution I can find on the web - Are there any security implications to doing that, I would have thought so?<div>

<br></div><div>I only want to try it out really as I'm sure most things can be done with a terminal, but if I like it I may keep it, that's why i'm concerned.</div><div>
<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Generally speaking, it's fine on a non-Internet facing machine. Give root a complex password though.</div><div><br></div><div>s/</div></div><br>-- <br>Twitter: @sfgreenwood<div>
"Is this your sanderling?"<br></div><br>