root password

[MrKnisely]

Eamonn Sullivan wrote:

>1. sudo -i
>2. type in *your* password.
>3. you're root.
>
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo
>
>Ubuntu uses sudo (like many modern Unices, like Mac OS X). The stages
>you'll go through are the following:
>
>1. Confusion (current stage)
>2. Anger ("I'm not a child! Give me root account!")
>3. Denial (you'll create a root account by doing sudo passwd)
>4. Acceptance (Well, OK, I'll try it like this for a while.)
>5. Then you like it.
>
>Trust me on this one.
>
>-Eamonn
>
>
>
>On 25/09/05, Albert <albertwagner at cox.net> wrote:
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>>I just installed Ubuntu 5.10 preview.  Nowhere in the installation was I
>>asked for a root password.  Now I cannot perform any root tasks.  Is
>>there a default password for a new installation?  How do I change it?
>>
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Stuck in denial and will be for life.  When I want to be root, I want to 
be root.

Yes, "sudo su" "sudo -i"  and other methods work...  but I still like to 
BE root.

MrKnisely