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molecule on June 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: My First 10 Minutes on a Server

> You'll only need this root password if you lose your sudo password.

Also, good to have in case sudoers file is corrupted, e.g. via bad edit, typo, etc..

merurr on June 15, 2016 [–]

    cd /etc
    git init
    git add *
    git commit -am "before i screwed up"

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