How to change the root password in Ubuntu To change the root password in Ubuntu, you'll need to enable the root account first. Luckily, changing the root password actually enables it, so that's ...

New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Trojan also installs a rootkit and another strain of malware that can execute DDoS attacks.

While new Alpine Linux images have been released on Docker Hub, existing systems should be modified to either disable the root account or, at least, set a custom password.

But I also have a pam setup that prevents root logins in ways I do not want, and even restricts su (to root, oracle, whatever) in a mapping scheme of my choosing.<BR><BR>That's the beauty of *nix.