<SOLVED> Changed root password now I want it back!

[juanb]

Hi in order to set the mdm theme i put a password to the root account, to take the mdm theme back to mint.

now all the sudos actions ask me for the root password not mmine as it was before

how do i take back the root accout to what it was?

I've tried:

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passwd -dl root

with no result, now i can't run anything as root from graphical interface.
sudo works ok but i suspect that gksu does not.

Thanks in advance!

[DrHu]

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/upasswor.htm
--well I might not use the -l option (locks password)

[juanb]

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/upasswor.htm
--well I might not use the -l option (locks password)

Runing the command without the -l option didn't resolved my problem, thanks anyway.

[juanb]

well the problem seemed to be gksu.
gksu is an interface for both: su and sudo, while sudo works ok for a normal user wich is in the sudoers list, su only works with root passwd so in order to fix this problem yo have to:

Open gksu-properties (Alt + F2 and type gksu-properties).
or in a console:

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sudo gksu-properties

Then make sure the Authentication mode is set for "sudo".

taked the anwer from this post:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/48215/pa ... -with-sudo

hope it helps!