Root password?

[michael at michaelshiloh.com]

sudo passwd


On Wed, 17 May 2006, Lorin Pino wrote:

> Now I know why someone wrote to the list for a root password.  I just
> got finished installing ubuntu 5.10, and it never asked for one!  It set
> up a user account, but no root account.  This makes configuration a bit
> difficult.
>
> Does anyone know how I can define a root password without becoming root
> first?  Or should I try the install again and see if something different
> happens?
>
> ~Lorin
>
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