[system-administrators-guide/21] Wheel group members can change root passwd
stephenw
stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Tue Feb 10 10:26:09 UTC 2015
commit 153e0f399093886e9db193e4a64d3b407bb4d775
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date: Tue Feb 10 11:23:33 2015 +0100
Wheel group members can change root passwd
en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
index ca6a0cc..9946c94 100644
--- a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
+++ b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ For more information on adding kernel options, see <xref linkend="sec-Editing_an
<section id="sec-Changing_and_Resetting_the_Root_Password">
<title>Changing and Resetting the Root Password</title>
<para>
- Setting up the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is a mandatory part of the Fedora installation. If you forget or lose your password, it is possible to reset it.
+ Setting up the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is a mandatory part of the Fedora installation. If you forget or lose the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password it is possible to reset it, however users who are members of the wheel group can change the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password as follows:
+ <screen>~$ <command>sudo passwd root</command></screen>
</para>
<para>
Note that in GRUB 2, resetting the password is no longer performed in single-user mode as it was in GRUB included in Fedora 15 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is now required to operate in <literal>single-user</literal> mode as well as in <literal>emergency</literal> mode.
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