[PLUG] Lost root password

[Daniel Johnson]

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On Nov 19, 2011 9:09 PM, "John Jason Jordan" <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:

> During the recent melée of trying get X running again after upgrading
> from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16 I somehow lost my root password. That is,
> it no longer works.
>
> Sudo still works, and I can "sudo su" to a root # prompt, but if I type
> "su" and enter the root password it won't take it. I've poked in all
> the GUI windows for users and groups, but can't figure out how to reset
> the root password.
>
> It used to be that "su" + root password got me to #, and I could "su
> jjj" to switch back to my own lovable self. I don't mind using sudo,
> but sometimes you need to do a lot of stuff and having to put sudo in
> front all the time is a pain. Plus, Fedora doesn't remember your sudo
> password for ten minutes or so like Ubuntu does.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction to restore my root
> password?
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