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Are root password changes logged?

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Mar 15, 202627914 views

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Long story short, after a recent company "reorg" the root password on all of our servers was mysteriously changed. I need to figure out first how to regain root access, but second how to figure out what happened (eg. when was the password changed, and who the &@^% did it). I can find plenty of answ…

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In the there should be an entry like: from here. Do mind that once the log is full, your entries might be gone forever.

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