<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:06 PM, <<a href="mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.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;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">"Jayson Rowe" <<a href="mailto:jayson.rowe@gmail.com">jayson.rowe@gmail.com</a>> writes: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:50 AM, <<a href="mailto:reader@newsguy.com">reader@newsguy.com</a>> 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. >> >> >> </div><div class="Ih2E3d">>> -- >> 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" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> >> > > 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. </div>As I posted in OP: <div class="Ih2E3d"> Harry wrote: >> 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? </div>So to rephrase this: Sudo fails with the message that my machine name cannot be resolved. Consequently all attempts to use sudo do not result in any commands being run as root. Is there really no way to get a root terminal? Also is there no way to have a text terminal console, after the install? That is get clear away from the gui mess. I need the regular unix style command line. -- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">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" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Never seen the "sudo problem" you seem to be having. The only way to "log in as root" would still require the use of sudo to do a "sudo passwd root" and set a root password. Do you have a hostname set? If you do not want a GUI at all, you would be better off installing Ubuntu Server as it's a CLi only install. -- -jayson