commit dbd2130d83b8d60231e4c65282900941fd5de4f2 Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Tue Feb 10 11:23:33 2015 +0100 Wheel group members can change root passwd en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) --- diff --git a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml index ca6a0cc..9946c94 100644 --- a/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml +++ b/en-US/Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.xml @@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ For more information on adding kernel options, see <xref linkend="sec-Editing_an <section id="sec-Changing_and_Resetting_the_Root_Password"> <title>Changing and Resetting the Root Password</title> <para> - Setting up the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is a mandatory part of the Fedora installation. If you forget or lose your password, it is possible to reset it. + Setting up the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is a mandatory part of the Fedora installation. If you forget or lose the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password it is possible to reset it, however users who are members of the wheel group can change the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password as follows: + <screen>~$ <command>sudo passwd root</command></screen> </para> <para> Note that in GRUB 2, resetting the password is no longer performed in single-user mode as it was in GRUB included in Fedora 15 and Red&nbsp;Hat Enterprise&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;6. The <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password is now required to operate in <literal>single-user</literal> mode as well as in <literal>emergency</literal> mode.