root password

[Harry L. Lee]

is this true? I was under the impression there *IS* a root password, merely
undisclosed (for good reason)

On 8/20/07, Paul Schulz <pschulz01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jayantha,
>
> The default install (server or otherwise) does not set a default root
> password.
> Login to the system as the user that was setup during the install, and
> use the following command to change to the root user:
>
>   > sudo su -i
>
> It will prompt for the user password.
>
> On 8/21/07, Jayantha Jayarathna <jayanthaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am new to Unix. What is the default password for root account. I have
> > installed server version
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Jayantha Jayarathna
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