In ubuntu it's setup so that there is no root account as such. We use
sudo instead to access root privileges. But if you still need to be
able to log in as root see here
<a href="http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#allowrootlogingnome">http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#allowrootlogingnome</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">David</b> <<a href="mailto:david@vwcomms.co.za">
david@vwcomms.co.za</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> How do I long in as the root user because I wish
to install some software</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please help I did not see an area for typing the root
password on the original setup</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Best Regards</span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">David C Hood</span></font></b></p>
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