is this true? I was under the impression there *IS* a root password, merely undisclosed (for good reason) <div>On 8/20/07, Paul Schulz <<a href="mailto:pschulz01@gmail.com"> pschulz01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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 < <a href="mailto:jayanthaj@gmail.com">jayanthaj@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi > > I am new to Unix. What is the default password for root account. I have > installed server version > > -- > Regards > > Jayantha Jayarathna > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- <a href="mailto:harry@jonesnose.com">harry@jonesnose.com</a> Harry L Lee (via gmail) chief cook and bottle washer <a href="http://jonesnose.com">http://jonesnose.com</a> mailto:<a href="mailto:harry@jonesnose.com"> harry@jonesnose.com</a> 207-384-8030 (email preferred)