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Re: Recovering root password
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Jon Pruente <[log in to unmask]>
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Jon Pruente <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:29:14 -0500
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 3:50 AM Elio Fabri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I need help (at lest a link) as to how to recover my root password.
> I'm using SL6.2. The password I remember by heart is no longer accepted,
> neither for the su command nor for sudo.
> Thx
> --
> Elio Fabri
>

The password for sudo should be your user password, not root.

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