very basic about initial install

[Jayson Rowe]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:50 AM, <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> Installing Ubuntu 8.1.4 in a vmware as guest on Vista home Premium
>
> After a successfull install I'm not finding a way to get to a root
> terminal and use the text files to do setup chores.
>
> During install I was asked for a user name and passwd.  I used a
> familiar user I always use `reader' but once the install is finished
> and I reboot.... I'm not unable to get to a root terminal.
>
> I thought I might just boot the install disk and chroot to the new
> install but using fdisk on the install disk, it cannot find the
> virtual /dev/hda from the install...  Seem like a bad catch 22
> situation.
>
> How might I get to a root login?
>
> When I try to sudo I'm told my machine name won't resolve... when I
> try to create a network I told I don't have the privs.  Do actully
> have to redo the install and chose `root' when it asked for a user
> name?
>
>
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Ubuntu uses 'sudo' by default rather than having a root login. If you must
have a purely root terminal session, simply do"

sudo su -

You will not be at a # prompt and logged in as root.

-- 
-jayson
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