help with root

[Matthew East]

Ulrich Hausmann <uhausmann <at> netplus.ch> writes:

> Dear ubuntu people,

Hi Ulrich,

You need the ubuntu-users mailing list for support questions. See
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

In any case, there is an easy solution to your problem.

> i successfully installed ubuntu on a Sony Vaio TX1HP. But during the
> installation i did not make case on the aspect of root. I installed only
> a user account.
> 
> Now, i see i need root authorities to install, for example, firefox
> plugins ecc. ecc. Is there a standard login for root? I tried Username:
> root pswd: <my pswd> but it did not work.

Ubuntu doesn't have the root account enabled, it uses "sudo" instead: you can
install programs from the package managers in the menu, or from a terminal:

sudo apt-get install packagename

Any more information needed, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo

Matt