on vanilla ubuntu 10.04 your command doesn't ask for the ROOT password, it asks for the password of the luser running "sudo".
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 04:45:50AM -0600, Laurelai Storm wrote: > try sudo su - root > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Georgi Guninski <[email protected]>wrote: > > > can you give a reproducible testcase to try (i am confused by "user: > > root")? > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:33:14AM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote: > > > FYI I got asked for the root password (user: root, pass: *whatever*). > > > I don't expect you to know my machine better than I do. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Georgi Guninski <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:43:31PM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote: > > > > > Oh, and for what it's worth, I get asked for the root password on my > > > > machine > > > > > (vanilla ubuntu). > > > > > > > > > FYI vanilla ubuntu doesn't set a root password (try to log in as root). > > > > i don't expect you to know advanced stuff like this. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
