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Title: How to enable root access on Microsoft Azure Cloud
Post by: Administrator on July 09, 2014, 01:01:24 PM

How to enable root access on Microsoft Azure Cloud.

1. Login via ssh using your sudo user
2. Now login as root user

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sudo su -
3. check if root access is set (LOCK means that root access is disabled)

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[root@Linux ~]# grep root /etc/shadow
root:*LOCK*:14600::::::
4. enable root access  (as root user enter command passwd)

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[root@Linux ~]# passwd
now enter your password and root access is enabled, you can check this by using command "grep root /etc/shadow"