Hi, today i am going to explain about How to activate and deactivate root in ubuntu server
Enabling root password:
To enable root logins first you have to set a password for the root account and then unlock the locked root account. If you don't set a password for the root account the passwd command will return
passwd: unlocking the password would result in a passwordless account.
So, first execute in a terminal
sudo passwd root
you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).
Then execute
sudo passwd -u root
to unlock the account. This should return
passwd: password expiry information changed
Reverting back:
If you want to disable root account in Ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command
sudo passwd -l root
Enabling root password:
To enable root logins first you have to set a password for the root account and then unlock the locked root account. If you don't set a password for the root account the passwd command will return
passwd: unlocking the password would result in a passwordless account.
So, first execute in a terminal
sudo passwd root
you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).
Then execute
sudo passwd -u root
to unlock the account. This should return
passwd: password expiry information changed
Reverting back:
If you want to disable root account in Ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command
sudo passwd -l root
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