root password in shadow file [SOLVED}

[Dave99]

Hi all

I need to change the root password, is that password encrypted/encoded or just plain text in the /etc/shadow file?
The reason I ask is that mine is a long string of alphanumeric characters which include things like $ and /
Is this because the wizard generated a random password but it's still plain text?

Thanks in advance.
Dave.

[fanthom]

its encrypted. if you want to generate your own password then please run this command in terminal:

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echo YOUR_PASSWORD | openssl passwd -1 -salt `echo $(($RANDOM*12345678)) | cut -c 1-8` -stdin

[Dave99]

Thank you fanthom.