Thread: [KDE] How do I manage KDE password(s)?
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2008-01-31 , 19:16
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Originally Posted by sungrove View Post
Well, I seemed to have success with this in the 'rooterm' program in KDE. I typed in sudo su, then user password. typed in the password twice and got password changed, yay. Same with passwd root. got password changed I wonder why this didn't happen in the regular xterm?

Neil
You needed root permissions to change the password.

sudo gainroot (gives your root permissions, if you have becomeroot installed)

sudo su - (works also if you have KDE installed, sorry, I probably should have lead with that one )

Glad you got it sorted out!
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