root password change

[chillax16]

Hello

Can anyone pls say me how I change the root password because I cant connect to WinSCP

mfg chillax

 

[LostSpirit]

use console

put > passwd

 

[chillax16]

ok ty its work to change the root pwd but why i cant connect to WinSCP now ? with the new pwd ?

 

[LostSpirit]

yes, is logically

 

[chillax16]

and how i fix this ?

 

[chumpywumpy]

The password doesn't change by itself and you didn't say why it fails so i would guess the centos IP has changed and it's telling you "network timeout". Check "ifconfig" to see what the new IP is.