Security issue

[Colin Law]

On 19 March 2013 12:31, Pop Horea <pop.horea at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Today I wanted to change my root password.
> The story is as follows:
> Terminal with 3 tabs open: one in the root, and two in which I changed the
> password 2 times other for root tabs open at all times.
> I opened Nautilus in root.
> If you open a new terminal I do not accept any password. Perhaps I was not
> too careful as I typed.
>
> I have opened and functional root terminal and nautilus but noted that were
> opened before password change.
> I did order the tab with root: cd / etc passwd and then I changed but not
> working.
>
> What can I do with what I have to set a password function?
> It can?


Have a look at http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password

Colin