On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Clayton Stapleton<[email protected]> wrote: > So I went to a terminal screen and entered > c...@eagle:~$ root > The program 'root' is currently not installed. To run 'root' please ask your > administrator to install the package 'root-system-bin' > bash: root: command not found > And so there is no root program installed! What happened to the one under > 8.10??? > > Went back to “recovery mode” which thankfully still remembers my password. > > In “recovery mode” choose “root shell” and then entered my root password, it > was accepted! Then entered “apt-get install root-system-bin” . It tried to > access the internet and nothing happened. Then it asked for the Ubuntu 9.04 > disk so I put in th x86 desktop disk and it did not find any root packages. > Then it said to try update or fix which neither one would work because of no > internet. > > Is there a way to get the “root program” installed on this OS?? > > Thank you > Clayton Stapleton > > The above was sent to Ubuntu forum questions and CheapBytes where the disk > came from over a week ago with no answer as yet!! > > Went back to the “recovery mode” and found “root shell with networking” and > tried apt-get install root-system-bin and away to the internet it went and > downloaded an number of files. Then it asked for the Ubuntu 9.04 disk and > copied a number of riles from it. I then went back to the Ubuntu 9.04 OS and > tried to enter the “synaptic package manager” and was asked for my root > password. It did not accept my root password that works in “recovery mode” I > then went to a terminal window and on the CLI entered “root” and yes the root > program version 5 is installed. So how is it possible to enter the root > password into this OS??? [snip] idk why googlemail dropped the indent, sorry.
I'm never heard of a command called Root. Are you thinking su? Ubuntu uses sudo by default. $sudo bash enter your USER password, and you are dropped into a root shell -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix OnBoard-NG --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
