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sparkes sparkes at westmids.biz
Sat Oct 16 09:08:10 UTC 2004


Ashley Barz wrote:
> I really dont remember being asked to put in a
> password for root, I do however remember being told
> that my root account would be hidden.
> Everything works and looks great, accept for the fact
> that I can't use apt, because I don't know what my
> password is, is there a standard Ubuntu password?

ubuntu uses sudo for running programs as root.  This is a FAQ so read 
the FAQ before you post next time ;-)

BTW how long before RTFM and STFW become accepted answers? lol  It's 
hard being so nice to people ;-)

sparkes


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