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| Thread ID: 87345 | 2008-02-18 01:13:00 | cover disk ubunutu - root password? | milom99 (13421) | Press F1 |
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| 641281 | 2008-02-18 01:13:00 | I installed unbuntu onto a USB drive off the dec 07 the PC World cover disk and this works fine however I am being asked to provide the password for administrative tasks ... presumably the root password. I am pretty sure that I did not change this during the install process what would the default root password be for this install, please? |
milom99 (13421) | ||
| 641282 | 2008-02-18 01:27:00 | Wouldnt it be the password you used after your username? Looks like the forum is lagging again! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 641283 | 2008-02-18 01:30:00 | no, i set up one user and this user does not seem to have root privelages | milom99 (13421) | ||
| 641284 | 2008-02-18 01:35:00 | cancel that - user error the first user i set up did have root priv |
milom99 (13421) | ||
| 641285 | 2008-02-18 01:47:00 | If you want other users to also have admin priveleges, add them to the 'admin' group, then logout/login. They will still need to provide their password for admin tasks. If you wish to use a 'proper' root account, run 'sudo passwd root' to set the password on the root account - this means you will need to enter the root password when prompted for admin tasks, not your user password. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 641286 | 2008-02-18 04:20:00 | If you wish to use a 'proper' root account, run 'sudo passwd root' to set the password on the root account - this means you will need to enter the root password when prompted for admin tasks, not your user password. You will still enter the current user's password unless you are doing terminal stuff & use su instead of sudo |
Greven (91) | ||
| 641287 | 2008-02-18 06:20:00 | You will still enter the current user's password unless you are doing terminal stuff & use su instead of sudoInteresting - last time I tried this in Ubuntu (which admittedly was a few versions ago) setting a root password meant that you could use either the root pass, or the pass of the user you were logged in as (if they were a member of the admin group). Note that gksudo/kdesudo are not the same thing as CLI sudo. For terminal stuff you can use either su (with root pass) or sudo (with user pass). |
Erayd (23) | ||
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