Hello Vyshakh .... Open the *Terminal* from Applications --> Accessories and then type in *sudo su* enter the password and you will be logged in as the root ...
Then type *passwd* and press enter the system will prompt for the new unix password .. set it to whatever you want ... and then confirm it ... thats it and you're done. Coming to the second part of your question ... root on the unix/linux means that it is the super user or the Administrator if you are from Win background.. So the root will have the permissions and capabilities to do anything on the system ... and this can be dangerous at times hence ubuntu comes in with the user as the default and then changes to the root only when required and only after prompting for the password ... !!! :) :) On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 09:40, Vyshakh Vyshakh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hai, > I'm using ubuntu 9.10 as my default operating system. > I want to change the existing password of the 'ROOT'. > Currently it is the user password. > > Also please give me a short lecture on 'What is Root in Linux?' > > -- > "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 > -- Best Regards, Sistla Venkata Abhishek II Year Computer Science Student, /* DB ( MySQL ) , CMS ( Drupal ) , IDE ( NetBeans - 6.7.1 ) and Language ( Java ) */ /* Inherited from my bro !!! " Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought " -- Albert Szent Gyorgyi " If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldnot be called research..would it ? " --Albert Einstein */ MHVR , Hyderabad. Ph: +91 9052 749 799 -- "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
