root password

[Pastor JW]

On Friday 27 June 2008 02:17:50 pm cliff weisgerber wrote:
> The documentation for kubuntu says that there is no root password by
> default.  Not true and I cannot get root access to install some apps.  Does
> anyone know what the root password is set to in the install media for
> kubuntu.  Thanks.

The docs were correct.  And it IS very frustrating for someone coming from a 
different distro.  Actually seems like a catch 22!   However, you are lucky 
that you are using Kubuntu as it has Konsole!  To get a root console in it 
just hit the session menu and go down to "New Root Shell" and it will bring 
one up asking for your password.  It is whatever password you set for your 
user and then you can run your installs as a root user!  It is cumbersome but 
it does work after you get used to it a little bit.  My first three days were 
absolute agony, and I about dumped Kubuntu in favor of Mandriva.  I am glad 
now that I didn't!  My problem was I needed to edit a config file which of 
course wouldn't edit as I didn't have permissions to do so.  I finally 
figured out I could run kate from a root shell and voila ...I could edit the 
file!  ;)  And BTW if you want to do something in a regular shell, it is 
sudo, not su.  


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