Shockley, Gerard C wrote:
sudo su -
gives an authorized user a root shell prompt.
I wasn't talking about authorised users.
Then type passwd
you will be prompted for your "new" passwd. Not the old one.
All set after that.
Basically, that's why use of sudo has to be planned very carefully.
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