Being root

[Mark Syms]

> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:09:48 -0400
> From: bill <william at TechServSys.com>
> Subject: Being root
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
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> In unix I am used to logging on as root when I need to do a series of 
> administrative tasks, aware of the danger.
> New to linux, I haven't found a way of logging on as root or su'ing to 
> root. When I installed I did not enter a root password and that makes it 
> difficult to log in.
> 
> How does one set the root password, or is this never done ?

In Ubuntu, this is never done. The first user that is added to the system
(the one you created during install) is created as a member of the admin
group and this group can use sudo to run anything as root.