Root Password

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Tue Apr 11 11:03:17 UTC 2006


On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Andy Green wrote:

> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I am unable to reset my root password, It gives me the following information
> >
> > [root at 311111e python]# passwd root
> > Changing password for user root.
> > New password:
> > Retype new password:
> > passwd: Failed preliminary check by password service
> > [root at 311111e python]#
>
> What happens with just
>
> passwd
>
> on its own?  This should set your current user password, which is root.

is this under NIS, by any chance?

rday




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