Re: User Account Password gone Missing

From: houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:33:14 +0200

jonah wrote:

Is there a way I can reset the user password without knowing the
current one?

Just for future reference, log in as root and do `passwd USER` where
USEris the user you want to change the password for.

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