Root password???

[ZephyrQ]

Facundo Barrera wrote:
> Hello list:
>             I have just installed ubuntu and i dont know the root 
> password????
> 
> Where it is???
> 
> thanks
> 
> 

	This brings up a minor issue for me.

	I've just recently come to Ubuntu through Libranet (the 'it just works' 
part finally sold me...even after I shelled out $ for all 14 CDs of 
Etch) but I've had to change some administrative habits because of the 
whole "sudo/root password" thing:

	I run several desktops for different members of the family...each has 
their own archives as well.  Yesterday, my daughter needed her stuff 
from the archive (pre-ubuntu) which is owned only by the admin (root). 
I opened a terminal, ran 'sudo <file manager of choice>' and it asked 
for a password.  I entered my own (first user).  No dice.  I entered 
hers, I was not able to access her archive.  I had to log out of her 
desktop (during much teenage whining) to enter mine so I could transfer 
the necessary files.

	This, IMHO, shouldn't happen this way.  Did I miss something about the 
whole 'sudo' thing?  It took me a week to figure it out when I first 
installed, so I prolly missed something...