If you really want to do it there is a quicker way. Open a terminal and type:
sudo passwd root <enter your user password> <enter a new root password> <enter the new root password again> After to gain root access just type su - and you will be prompted for the root password. Stu On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 18:08 +0100, Richard Forth wrote: > > roger vigar wrote: > >> I have just installed Ubuntu 6.10. Nowhere in the install > did it ask me > >> to supply a root password. Is there a fixed pw pre > installed and if so > what is it? > > Thank you > > Roger > > yes there is a fixed pw by default but it is scrambled, coz you arent > supposed to know it. > > I found a hack (how to) on the internet to set your own root > password, not sure if it will work in edgy, but in feisty, you can > just reset it to whatever you want in the GUI "users" tool! > > You can also "enable it to log in at the login screen" as this is also > disabled by default. > > Its dangerous to do this though so unless you are a brave soul I would > stick to just using sudo. > > cheers > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
