As for doing 2 and 3 with root password only (that is, without getting access to the user's passwords in any way), it should still be much easier to steal the password and then impersonate the ...

How to change the root password in Ubuntu To change the root password in Ubuntu, you'll need to enable the root account first. Luckily, changing the root password actually enables it, so that's ...

New Linux crypto-miner steals your root password and disables your antivirus Trojan also installs a rootkit and another strain of malware that can execute DDoS attacks.

While new Alpine Linux images have been released on Docker Hub, existing systems should be modified to either disable the root account or, at least, set a custom password.

The following methods can be used for resetting the root password if the root password is unknown. If you use GRUB for booting, select the system to be booted, and add 1 to the end of the kernel boot ...