Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? If you type Google into Google, you can break the internet! andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
hahaha. +1 On 10/20/10, Andre Klapper aklap...@openismus.com wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? If you type Google into Google, you can break the internet! andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users -- DY ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root. f(t) On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper aklap...@openismus.comwrote: Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? If you type Google into Google, you can break the internet! andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Hi f(t), You can do that. Just ~ $ sudo gainroot # passwd # exit ~ $ su Password: Hope this helps :) On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail francisco.diaztre...@gmail.com wrote: sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root. f(t) On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper aklap...@openismus.comwrote: Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? If you type Google into Google, you can break the internet! andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users -- Thanks Regards, Avinash Joshi Web: http://avinashjoshi.co.in ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
