Ubuntu newbe password question ?

[Vram]

On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 21:36 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> On za, 2005-09-24 at 20:04 +0100, ubuntu at pusspaws.net wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Have just installed KUbuntu on spare HDD, all has gone well & very impressed 
> > but have a problem.
> > 
> > I am still a bit thrown by the 'no root password' thing. I have made an 
> > account 'dave' and given a password while the system installed.
> > 
> > I can login using these details so I know they are correct. I can even get a 
> > root shell with 'sudo bash' :) old habits die hard.

An alternate solution would be to activate the root account..

sudo passwd root


Then enter a password for root..

>From then on 

use 

su

and 

root password..


HTH


Vram