Re: [opensuse] My root password has changed!

John E. Perry wrote:
Yesterday I was out of town. This morning I tried to start up the wifi
(11.0 doesn't restart the network after a suspend-to-disk), and the root
password I've been using since I got this computer doesn't work now.
All the other accounts that I've tried login fine.

john@embelex:~> su
Password:
su: incorrect password
john@embelex:~> su -
Password:
su: incorrect password
john@embelex:~> su root
Password:
su: incorrect password
john@embelex:~>


Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling suse?

John Perry

It is possible to boot with a rescue CD and remove or change the root password, but if you're certain the password has changed, I'd be worried about running a compromised system.

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