How to change the root password in Ubuntu To change the root password in Ubuntu, you'll need to enable the root account first. Luckily, changing the root password actually enables it, so that's ...

The normal installation of most distros enables the first user created to have sudo rights to everything, without ever having to log in as root or spread the root password.

If you deploy Docker containers based on an official imagine, you might want to set a root password for heightened security.

While new Alpine Linux images have been released on Docker Hub, existing systems should be modified to either disable the root account or, at least, set a custom password.

This article shows you how to set, change, and recover secure passwords for your MySQL root account, so you'll never be at a loss.

Looks like the actual password is one-way DES encrypted and therefore non-trivial to crack.<br><br>I guess all the really good stuff is gone.