root password

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Sun, 2005-25-09 at 10:54 -0500, Albert wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 5.10 preview.  Nowhere in the installation was I
> asked for a root password.  Now I cannot perform any root tasks.  Is
> there a default password for a new installation?  How do I change it?
> 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo

In a default setup Ubuntu doesn't have a root password.  You need to use
your own user password to do adminstrative tasks.


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