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Old 02-04-2015, 09:28 AM   #1
dunnery
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Setting root password


Wow, I got my new Linux pc yesterday and it's very very fast. It's faster than my new MacBook.
So I go to the user account which also says administrator so I'm presuming that's the root owner?????? and I typed in my name and changed the password. The guy who sold it to me named the password user and the computer user. Yet when I go to the terminal my username and computer is still called user@user
How do I change the root password and computer name?
 
Old 02-04-2015, 09:42 AM   #2
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It'll be the same answer as in your double post --> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rd-4175533046/
 
  


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