how to change the VM root password from command line?

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#1 Wed, 12/07/2011 - 16:05
balzercomp

how to change the VM root password from command line?

Hi,

I'm running VM pro on my main server and VM gpl as secondary. Normally I access the secondary using the "Webmin Servers Index". Because of an error, I changed the password for the VM gpl root user. The password of the unix root is still valid. At least I can login using it via a console. Assuming that the VM password is the webmin password, I tried to set it according the webmin documentention ( /usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root ). The command seemed to work, but I still cannot login to VM using the new password. I assume that there is a way to reset the password, but I didn't find it. Can anyone help me with this issue?

Thanks

Gerald