No Root Password

[Sebastian M=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=sch]

Hallo,

Once upon a time Paul Trevethan wrote:

> I don't remember being asked anywhere to set it up, but on reflection,
> being asked to setup a standard user without having set up super user
> did seem a bit strange?

You didn't miss it. You've not been asked for root-password indeed. But
that's not strange, that's quite normal for desktop-/workstation-
distributions. The first user you created has sudo-rights. So if their's a
task for which you'll need su-rights, you should login as normal user and
sudo the command you need.

> Anyway, if there is a simple way to correct this without a re-install, I
> would appreciate the advice?

If you need root-login, there is a simple way to set the root-password. As
the user you created has sudo-rights, just type "sudo passwd root" within a
terminal, and enter the passwords ... first the password for the current
user, second and third (?) the desired password for root.

cu
Sebastian

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