# Cannot login as root

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**Category:** Linux - General\
**Created:** [May 20, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/cannot-login-as-root/217 "2005-05-20T21:20:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![robinhood1995](https://forums.thehomestack.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/48db29/32.png) [@robinhood1995](https://forums.thehomestack.io/u/robinhood1995)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/cannot-login-as-root/217/1 "2005-05-20T21:20:19Z")

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If you need to change root’s password you can do it like this:

1. Boot rescue CD
2. Mount / somewhere (like /mnt)
3. edit /mnt/etc/passwd by changing the entry for root to:

```auto
root::0:0:The root of all evil:/:/bin/bash

```

1. Reboot system from harddrive, now root will have no password, so just use passwd to change it to whatever you want.