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On 20190720 17:29:46, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 7:47 PM [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> (send from correct account)
>>
>> sudo passwd root
> 
> If he had sudo access, why would he need or want a root password?
> 
> Nico Kadel-Garcia
> 
> 
>> {^_^}

Typing "sudo " in front of commands (and then having them backfire because I did 
not include enough quoting characters) gets tedious. Furthermore, he was asking 
specifically about root password. His specific question indicated he still had 
access to his user account. So I answered his question with the simplest trick I 
know.

{^_^}

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