su to root
Type "passwd" (without quotes)

It will then prompt you to type your new pass, and then to confirm it.

Thanks for the feedback. Is there any good web sites I can check to learn basis linux commands since I am a newbie to linux?

Many thanks,

Yoda

heres a List of unix commands

Please visit the below url. Short video that shows you how you can reset/hack the linux root account

"techvideolessons dot com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=31"

Remove the space before the dot and after the dot and change the dot to a .