Ubuntu user's report

[Rick Bowers]

Thank you, Myles.  That is exactly what I needed to know.

~Rick
At 04:25 AM 1/29/2005, Myles Green wrote:
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>On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:54:26 -0500
>Rick Bowers <rwbowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just got the Ubuntu disks I ordered in October, and found the same
> > thing
> > -- the install process never asks to enter a root password.
> > I've never used the sudo command before (new to linux) but I assume
> > :-(
> > it's the same as 'su''? When I type "sudo root" I'm prompted for
> > root's
> > password.  I tried <enter> but it fails.  Does anyone know what the
> > default
> > is set to?
>
>THe root account is locked by default - there is no root passwd, you
>need to create one if you feel the need:
>
>sudo passwd root <enter>
>password: <your password>
>Enter new UNIX password: <root password>
>Retype new UNIX password: <root password>
>passwd: password updated successfully
>
>HTH,
>
>- --
>Myles Green <rmg57 at telus dot net> Calgary AB Canada
>Ubuntu Linux 5.04 "Hoary Hedgehog" Dev. Branch
>http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
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