help with root

[Ulrich Hausmann]

Am Dienstag, den 17.01.2006, 22:08 +0000 schrieb 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

Thanks to you and the others who replied. Unfortunately seems i've a
problem with my system.

When i try to activate: Install applications (or somethin like that, i
use a german system)

I'm getting an error msg (i'm translating, the msg is in german):

-------------------------------------------------------------
No access possible

This means a packetmanager (like apt-get oder aptitude) is already
running. Please close that process before.
-------------------------------------------------------------

Even after a restart, this does not change. I'm clueless ...

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ulrich Hausmann