<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Norberto Leite</b> <<a href="mailto:infonorby@gmail.com">infonorby@gmail.com</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;">
why people ask questions before they look for the answers?</blockquote><div><br>
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Because they can!!!!!<br>
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The answer is the Ubuntu way...<br>
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Your sudo password is the original user password...<br>
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Root is not activated..<br>
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HTH<br>
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User Iam<br>
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</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 7/31/06, Leonard Chatagnier <<a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net
</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi Everyone,<br>><br>> I just switched from Debian Sid to Ubuntu Dapper and<br>> want to commend Ubuntu for their easy to install ISO<br>> image. I switched from Debian because I'm looking for
<br>> an easy to maintain Linux OS and think I've found it.<br>> I had initial trouble logging on to gnome. It didn't<br>> recognize my password and come to think of it, I don't<br>> recall being asked for it during the install. This I fixed
<br>> easily with adduser. However, I can't use sudo, or su, and<br>> don't recall being asked to give a root password during<br>> install. Perhaps I missed it. Would appreciate cluing<br>> me in on how to setup a root account after the initial
<br>> install. Thanks in advance for any suggestion or links.<br>> Plz copy my email on any replies as I'm not currently<br>> subscribed. You have a great OS.<br>><br>> Leonard Chatagnier<br>> <a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">
lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> ubuntu-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br>><br><br><br>--<br>Norberto Leite<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>
<br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>