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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Linux Stuff
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 06:56:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     Now I may have a serious problem:  It seems that I did not write down the 
password for my account, or perhaps I don't know where I put it.  How do you go 
about recovering it?

>
>"sudo passwd root" will usually allow you to set a password for the root
>user, which will then allow you to log on as root, if you want to go that
>way.  There isn't usually a default password set for root, to sidestep the
>probable security flaw of no-one ever changing it.  As has been said,
>simply prefixing your commands with "sudo" will usually get the same result
>more safely.  You will usually be asked at least once to give your own
>password when using sudo, because not all users are allowed to use this
>method (that would be silly, since it would give every user elevated
>rights).  The default user is usually able to do this though.
>
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