Root password

[Serg Belokamen]

To apt-get or do any operation that requires root access you just type
sudo infront of the comand, thats all.

To enter root shell all you need to do is "sudo su"

If you prefer, you can also set a root password by getting into root
shell (above) and then changing password like you normaly would (why
would you want to though?).

  Serg

On 28/07/05, Rajiv Vyas <rajiv1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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