Fedora provides a graphical tool called system-config-users that allow you to manage users and groups graphically.
You can search for users and groups
or from the activities go to menu to Applications → Administration → Users and Groups.
Open it and in normal mode you will not see any system users in the list. To change this go to Edit → Preferences and UN-tick the "Hide system users and groups"
Then you will see the user root listed. Select the line and click Properties . From there you can change the root password.
Documentation can be found here
@aqualion I edited my answer. I hope this answer your question. But please edit your question as well. Be more descriptive. If you ask only about how to change the root password graphically (GUI), write it. Say that you didn't lost the root password and that you don't want a solution through a terminal. (bold it) Also an edit on the tile would be good as well. i.e "How to change the root password via GUI" or "How to change the root password via graphical application" or something similar.
@sideburns it is OK. I had given a completely different answer before. I edited the answer and replaced with this one.(see the revisions) So the first comment stands accurate ;)
Open the terminal our console
~]$ su - (Introduces the current password)
The passwd command is used to change the password of users
~]# passwd
If you lost root password but an administrative sudo account, type:
~]$ sudo passwd root
To change the root password in the graphical interface not I found, the root account is very protected. But is no need to reinstall the system to change the password. If you need help with the command line we can help.
Hi
Using any of the Fedora Live Media
Boot the Live installation media
After it finishes booting and starts the live session, open a terminal and switch to root (using su, it won't ask for a password)
Create a directory where you can mount the filesystem of your installation:
mkdir /mnt/sysimage
Mount the filesystem of your installation (/dev/sda1 is just an example, be sure to fill in the actual device node of your installation root / partition):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sysimage
chroot to your installation:
chroot /mnt/sysimage/
Change the root password:
passwd
Exit from the chroot:
exit
That's it, simply reboot your system and then boot the installation from the HDD as usual.
Asked: 2014-01-28 02:11:13 -0600
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Last updated: Jan 28 '14
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