actually when installing ubuntu does not ask to give password for root. so there does not exist any password for root. so we cant use "su" in terminal. but ubuntu default user gets super user permission by using "sudo" command.
if you need to set a password for root. you can do "sudo su" enter your user's password and then "passwd" . it will prompt you to set a password for root On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Manuel Jose <[email protected]> wrote: > Root login is disabled by default in Ubuntu. When you do stuff that require > root privileges in Ubuntu, you use the 'sudo' command. By using sudo > command, the user is given root privileges for that session. Root in Linux > is like the administrator account in windows(kind of). To change password, > use this command > > sudo passwd "username" [without the quotes] > > And then you will be asked to type the new password. Hope it helps :) > > Manuel Jose > www.techdrivein.com > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- (¨`·.·´¨) Always `·.¸(¨`·.·´¨) Keep (¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´ Smiling! `·.¸.·´ jíکhńú http://thecodecracker.com http://twitter.com/jishnu7 -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
