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Published: 23 Apr 2013
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changed root password on linux box Published by: dianerebel on 23 Apr 2013 view comments(4)

would changing the root password on a linux box make the system unstable?

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Posted by: Paulster
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Posted: 9 years 11 months 1 days 22 hours 37 minutes ago

An would that box be an IBM i or another type of server?

Posted by: dianerebel
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Posted: 9 years 11 months 1 days 12 hours 56 minutes ago

its attached to an ibm box

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Posted: 9 years 11 months 1 days 12 hours 55 minutes ago

I think they are saying the linux box will become unstable.

Posted by: Paulster
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Posted: 9 years 11 months 20 hours 57 minutes ago

Dunno who 'they' are but it sound a tad 'un-linuxy' (is that a word?) for your box to just go unstable by changing a password. Then again, it's not an IBM i...


Obviously, if you'd have e.g. FTP traffic between the linux box and the i and you change the password used there, this FTP communication would end. But that has nothing to do with the stability of the box.

Reckon you have to go find yourself a more Linux oriented forum to get the final answer to your valid and relevant question.

 

Good luck!

Paulster