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I had a messy install of 9.2 that never allowed me to set a root password (so now it is null!). When I logged in change the password with the passwd command, it allowed me to input the new pass but came back with "passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module"

 

I googled that error and found lots of stuff, but I didn't see anything where someone couldnt change root (just couldnt change created user's passwords).

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

Thanks

 

-Mike

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