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0 pointsthomastjeffery8y ago0 comments

    sudo passwd

Does that change the password for the current user without authentication, or does it change the password for root without authentication?

I think it would be best to recommend an unambiguous

    sudo passwd root

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"sudo foo" with no other arguments runs "foo" as root. "passwd" with no other arguments changes the password of the user it is running as.

"sudo passwd" unambiguously changes the password of root.

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0 pointsthomastjeffery8y ago0 comments

    sudo passwd

Does that change the password for the current user without authentication, or does it change the password for root without authentication?

I think it would be best to recommend an unambiguous

    sudo passwd root

"sudo foo" with no other arguments runs "foo" as root. "passwd" with no other arguments changes the password of the user it is running as.

"sudo passwd" unambiguously changes the password of root.

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