Root password

[Jeffrey Gray]

If she is a sudoer, she can 'sudo passwd root'.

FYI...By default, root is disabled and not able to be logged into
until a sudoer sets the passwd.

-Jeff Gray

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any to reset the root password when the original root password has
> been forgotten?  One of my friends has Ubuntu an her computer and was trying
> to change her user password.  She got the root and user passwords mixed up
> and somehow changed the root password instead.  She doesn't know what she
> did and the important thing is that the root password is lost.
>
> Of course, the root password is needed to install applications, run sudo and
> to di upgrades.  I know that there is no way to recover the password but is
> there a way to reset the root password without knowing what it is.  Without
> it, the computer can't be upgraded.  I could try to reinstall Ubuntu but
> many of her settings would be lost and that would be a PITA as well.
>
> Bill Stanley
>
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