root password?

[Pete Clapham]

The root account /is/ enabled, but it isn't given a password, so you 
can't access it directly.  What you have to do is to sudo passwd root 
and enter a password.  Since you've zapped your sudoers file, you 
probably can't do that.  Personally, I much prefer to do a su and know 
I'm a superuser than to depend on sudo for everything.  But that's my 
preference; evidently most Ubuntu users have a different preference.

cheers,
pete

Peter Loron wrote:
> As far as I know, the root account is not enabled by default. Best bet 
> is to boot up in recovery mode, and edit sudoers.
>
> -Pete
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Knute Johnson" <knute at frazmtn.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2008 8:59:58 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
> Subject: root password?
>
> I installed 7.10 onto a USB jump drive and tried to create a new
> user.  In the process I did something bad to the sudoers file.  I
> can't edit it because I can't sudo.  I can't login as root because I
> don't know the password.  What's the password for root on the live
> CD?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
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>
> Knute Johnson
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