Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

2010-10-20 Thread Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? f(t) ___ 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?

2010-10-20 Thread Andre Klapper
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 (m

Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

2010-10-20 Thread daniel young
hahaha. +1 On 10/20/10, Andre Klapper 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,

Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

2010-10-20 Thread Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
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 wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den

Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

2010-10-20 Thread Avinash Joshi
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

Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

2010-10-20 Thread Oleg Hahm
Hi, sorry, my first mail was intended to be sent to the list, too. Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:46:57AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 08:35:47AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > > Just > > > ~ $ sudo gainroot > > > > in this context I've got another question: > > I've nev