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Old 09-Dec-2008, 08:59
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Default self inflicted wound--root password

I recently installed openSuse after using Mandriva for a while. In Mandriva I was able to su to root and then use

passwd -d root

to disable the root password. In my case the password is an unnecessary nuisance.

I tried this on openSUSE this morning, and now I get the message "SU returned with an error" if I try to use Yast or anything else that requires root permission.

Is there any way, short of reinstalling openSUSE, that I can fix this?

Thanks
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