Changing the Root Password in Linux

November 7, 2024

In case anyone was wondering this is how you change the root password in linux. (If you didn’t know, don’t worry, I wrote this tutorial because someone (guess who) didn’t know 🙂 )

If you are root:

							
							
					passwd

This will prompt you for the new password and then prompt you to confirm it.

If you aren’t root but have sudo privileges:

							
							
					sudo passwd root

This also will prompt you for the new password and then prompt you to confirm it.

That’s a wrap!

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Changing the Root Password in Linux

Changing the Root Password in Linux

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