Root password

[Rajiv Vyas]

On 7/27/05, Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:59:39PM -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> > I have loaded Ubuntu on my old laptop twice now and it never asked me to 
> set
> > up a root password. Is this a bug or something wrong with my ancient 
> PII?
> 
> Neither, it is the way Ubuntu is designed--to use sudo instead of having
> a root user.





So how do I apt-get programs? sudo -s and then my password?

Rajiv
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