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Changed username root, cannot connect via SSH anymore

Posted March 12, 2016 4.1k

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Hi serverpeople :)

I did the stupidest thing ever, i changed my passwd file unconsciously and changed my root username. Now it looks like this:

]root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

Is there anyway to recover the root user? SSH'ing gives an permission denied right now.

The OS that im running: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-57-generic x86_64) (LAMPP)

Thanks!

Tom

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Woet March 12, 2016

Try the console in your DigitalOcean panel.

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tomootes March 12, 2016

Thanks for your suggestion, sadly when i try to login with ’]root’ and my password, the terminal gives me ‘login incorrect’.
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- Woet March 12, 2016
  
  Try logging in with “root”. If that doesn’t work, try changing the password through the panel.
  
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  tomootes March 12, 2016
  
  Tried it, used root and the new password. Still it says ‘login incorrect’. Logging on using other users works fine though..
  
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  Woet March 12, 2016
  
  And none of those users are sudo? If so, open a ticket and ask for recovery.
  
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