Cannot login

[Ted]

Neil Woolford wrote:

> At 16:16 02/10/04, you wrote:
>
>> Just looked at /etc/passwd and there is no mention of root as there 
>> is in my Mepis installation...Should this be so ??
>
>
> This is normal for a default installation of Ubuntu.
>
> Rather than have a root account for administration, the idea is that 
> you use the 'sudo' (super-user do) command when you need to do 
> administration.  This command asks you for a password, which is your 
> normal one, not a special root one.  You can set this up so that 
> different users have appropriate levels of power to change/damage the 
> system.  The first user created has full root powers via 'sudo' by 
> default.
>
> The FAQ at 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/helpcenterfaq.2004-09-15.5722653677 
> covers this too.
>
> Neil
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Thanks for the reply..
I have tried this but sudo does not now recognise my password.....

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  Ted Wager
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