Rerandomizing the Root Password (READ POST BEFORE REPORTING PLEASE)

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#1 December 11, 2008

Hello Everyone,

I installed ubuntu last week, and due to my inexperience immediately created a password for root that I knew. I was wonder is there any way to rerandomize the password now that I know about sudo and its various applications?

#2 December 11, 2008

You can lock the account again by doing,

sudo passwd -l root

#3 December 12, 2008

Actually , there is a small bug.

You should use:

sudo usermod --lock root

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/238755