[maemo-users] Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?

[From: Avinash Joshi]

Hi f(t),

You can do that.

Just
~ $ sudo gainroot
# passwd
# exit
~ $ su
Password:

Hope this helps :)

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail <
francisco.diaztrepat at gmail.com> wrote:

> sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it
> because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my
> ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root.
>
> f(t)
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper <aklapper at openismus.com>wrote:
>
>> Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat:
>> > Hi anyone know whether doing:
>> > 1 root (to gain root access)
>> > 2 passwd (to change the password)
>> > would couse a meltdown of my phone?
>>
>> If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet!
>>
>> andre
>> --
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Avinash Joshi

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