[SWLUG] Resetting root password

[Iain Menzies-Runciman]

To set the root password:

sudo passwd

Regards,
Ming.

On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 12:10 +0000, Neil Jones wrote:
> I have an ubuntu system which is new and it doesn't seem to recognise 
> what I thought was the root password.
> I am trying to edit the grub loader to append the word Single as several 
> websites recommend.
> pressing e in grub takes me to an editor but I don't know how to save 
> anything. I can go back to the grub menu but nothing
> is saved.
> 
> Any ideas please?
> 
> Neil
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