How To Change Root Password On Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu is an open source Linux software. You can use for various purposes like as, Web server, Java server, Tomcat, FTP server and Linux based many more. So I want to be show how can change root password for Ubuntu 14.04.
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Change Root Password For Ubuntu 14.04/16.04/17.04
Step #01: You can’t change without sudo command. So using sudo command for change Ubuntu password.
[email protected]:~$ passwd root
You can see some error like as below.
passwd: You may not view or modify password information for root.
Step #02: Now can try using sudo passwd and then type your tech user password, then create new password for user.
[email protected]:~$ sudo passwd root
Like as below format
[sudo] password for tech: Enter new UNIX password: Retype UNIX password: passwd: password updated succefully
If any error then see my video and get main information.
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