Re: New Dell netbook,Ubuntu,Debian and factory su password.
Luis Maceira wrote:
> As a Debian user since 2005 last week I bought a Dell netbook running Ubuntu
> (since it is Debian based),but I am unable to do administrative tasks:
> upgrading,become su etc. because I cannot find the su password in the docs
> that come with the netbook.Is there any standard password that we use
> in these cases,so after we can choose our own su password?
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Hi, Ubuntu works with "sudo" only (and your user password), the root
password isn't configured. You can use the "passwd" command to set it I
believe.
Tom
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