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  1. 10-27-2006 #1
    Krishnan007
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    Changing password

    How to change the password in Ubuntu 6.06 linux.
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    do you want to change user or root password?

    use
    passwd
    command
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    Login password as well as the root one.
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    in Ubuntu, you can't log in as root by default. you can get root privileges through 'sudo'.
    for setting new root password

    sudo passwd

    for normal user, just type 'passwd' only.




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