<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Keshav <<a href="mailto:msknext@gmail.com">msknext@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hi there.. i installed ubuntu 8.10 desktop edition.. But the installation doesn't ask for a root password.. wen i try to become the super user, it asks for root password.. but i dont kno as i have not given it, neither it asked during installation.. Plz help me out.. thanks Keshav </blockquote><div> By default, Ubuntu does not have a root password, nor does it allow root logins (...well, not directly anyways) So, you can do all your root-related operations using "sudo <command-name>" and when a password is asked, you enter your user password. If you need root access anyways, you should do the following : $ sudo su Enter your user password. You will now be in root mode. # passwd Enter a new root password you want to set. # exit Now you can go to root, the normal way : $ su - Hope this helps. Thanks, Raseel. </div></div>