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sudo passwd root

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On 20190720 12:11:47, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:38 PM Elio Fabri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I had a bad surprise: the root password I know is no longer
>> accepted. Neither bu su, nor by yum.
>> I've been using Linux for many years (now SL 6.2) and it never happened
>> before, so I'm stuck.
>> What can I do?
>> --
>> Elio Fabri
> 
> Reboot your system with a recovery disk. The Scientific Linux
> installation disk images support typing "linux rescue" at the disc
> boot prompt.
> 
> Other methods are covered pretty well here:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.tecmint.com_reset-2Dforgotten-2Droot-2Dpassword-2Din-2Drhel-2Dcentos-2Dand-2Dfedora_&d=DwIBaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=VIAIdZdbjUx2Ruwrj-sIpKTgnGkocdW8SKqEX6ii_Ig&s=aYTQVfqPD_oclWJIXcwEm1FCqO7WM4eKX6tMNqsUCqI&e=
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