root

Kevin Fenzi kevin at scrye.com
Sat Apr 17 22:04:13 UTC 2010


On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:01:57 -0400
terry <xtlynne at charter.net> wrote:

> I seem to have lost access to root. The password I thought it to be 
> doesn't work. I am one computer in my home. How do I locate my root 
> password file to find out what it is?
> I do not use the root password much thus my forgetfullness.

There isn't any easy way to find out what it is, but you can reset it: 

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reset_Forgotten_Root_Password

kevin
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