Root password?

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:03:59 -0500
Lorin Pino <ljpino at grundyec.net> wrote:

> Now I know why someone wrote to the list for a root password.  I just
> got finished installing ubuntu 5.10, and it never asked for one!  It
> set up a user account, but no root account.  This makes configuration
> a bit difficult.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can define a root password without becoming
> root first?  Or should I try the install again and see if something
> different happens?
> 
> ~Lorin
> 
> 

I migrated from SuSE and stumbled over the same thing...instead of root,
use sudo, then your user password. There is a way to "reactivate" root,
with its own password, but you'd have to check Ubuntu's web site for
the instructions. Any app that asks for a root password will take your
user password instead -- until you specifically set up a root
password...

Pete

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