Change Root Password is not Working

Posted on October 26, 2022
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Asked by f795ec780adc4fc5aab1c267a1

Background: All my sites are down - I am not having any luck with normal DO support (I plan to pay extra for support in hopes that speeds things along.) In the meantime, I thought I’d ask the community…

Here is what I have tried:

ssh root@999.999.999.999 root@999.999.999.999’s password: You are required to change your password immediately (administrator enforced) Welcome message etc. Changing password for root. Current password: Enter new password: Retype new password: Connection to 999.999.999.999 closed.

Basically, the connection is immediately terminated when I attempt to change the password. If I attempt to log back in the same thing happens.

I found a suggestion to use:

ssh root@999.999.999.999 vim .profile But I get: root@999.999.999.999’s password: WARNING: Your password has expired. Password change required but no TTY available.

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