How To: Install Lexmark All-In-Ones

[MyR]

How do you restore your root password back to the Ubuntu default? (i.e.same as after a fresh install)

There is no default root password.

[wbar2]

Hi wbar2,
I use two ubuntu (*), one is i386 (and I have a Lexmark X1195 printer that goes very fine) and the other is a amd64 which does not allow me to use the same printer.
I've used the way showed in a post inside this forum where is indicated a way for a 32 system and a little variation for the amd64 one.

But, as I told before I've not been able to use my Lexmark on the second Ubuntu.

Do you have a suggestion for me, since I see that You have a Ubuntu 64 O.S.?

Sorry for my bad English, but I'm from Italy..................

Best Regards, have a nice day.

giocarra

edit : (*) I mean Lucid Lynx 10.04 32-bit and Lucid Lynx amd64 64-bit, of course.

I recently was able to install the drivers on 64-bit and print. Maybe you should try again?

[n.hinton]

How do you restore your root password back to the Ubuntu default? (i.e.same as after a fresh install)

There is no default root password.

Yes, so how do you restore it to that condition?

[MyR]

Yes, so how do you restore it to that condition?

not sure. probably something with adding -d to passwd. see "man passwd".

[n.hinton]

not sure. probably something with adding -d to passwd. see "man passwd".

'man passwd' only appears to reference user passwords

[wbar2]

'man passwd' only appears to reference user passwords

It also refers to the root user. This code worked for me:

sudo passwd -d root

[n.hinton]

Many thanks wbar2

Have been googling passwd and some suggest

sudo usermod -p ! root

I' not sure!

See http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-846093.html

[wbar2]

Many thanks wbar2

Have been googling passwd and some suggest

sudo usermod -p ! root

I' not sure!

See http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-846093.html

I think you are correct. By changing the password to "!" you are both deleting the password and locking the account. The following code gives the same effect:

sudo passwd -d -l root

[n.hinton]

I think you are correct. By changing the password to "!" you are both deleting the password and locking the account. The following code gives the same effect:

sudo passwd -d -l root

Using

sudo getent shadow root|cut -d : -f 2

on a 'as installed installation' root password returns

!

been unable so far to establish if the condition is locked or unlocked

[wbar2]

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