Re: New Dell netbook,Ubuntu,Debian and factory su password.
The question is misguided as it assumes one wants to use an account called
'root', but this concept doesn't exist on Ubuntu (yes it can if you want
it to, but it doesn't by design, so why resurrect it). Answering that
question for Luis doesn't answer his actual question, which is more like
'what is the administrative password', the answer to which is 'your own
user's password'.
Ubuntu uses an 'sudo' system, rather than having an explicit root account.
When asked for the administrative password you enter your own. You can run
commands that require superuser priviliges by prepending them with 'sudo',
or you can drop into superuser mode by using the command sudo -s'.
Ask your Ubuntu question here and you get a Debian answer, rather than an
Ubuntu answer. The two worlds are subtly but importantly different.
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Pete Boyd
Open Plan IT - http://openplanit.co.uk
The Golden Ear - http://thegoldenear.org
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