20 Mar
2015
20 Mar
'15
11:21 p.m.
On Friday 20 March 2015 14:34:59 Gerhard Zintel wrote:
On Friday 20 March 2015, Gene Heskett wrote:
I just tried that, an unlike the last time, sudo still works. That could
be precisely be the answer.
password. But the only way to get rid of a root
password is a bare
metal reinstall.
surely not. I don't know the answer by heart, but editing in
/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, or other files for sure gives you the
possibility to get rid of the password.
Here seems to be an answer to your question:
http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-and-disable-ubuntu-root-password.htm
l
In short:
--- snip ---
If you want to disable root account in ubuntu you need to lock the
root account by using the following command
$sudo passwd -l root
--- snip --- I've not tested it though
Gerhard
I just did test, but what that -l does is change the expiry time, so I've
no clue atm how long it might still be good for.
Thanks Gerhard.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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