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Any idea why Ubuntu 7.10 does not ask to set a root password during the installation time?

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That’s annoying because now I am trying to install a few packages and a “SU” password is required. The installation only ask to setup a user name and password.Any idea how I can setup a root password now that Ubuntu is installed?

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  • wilhelmbuckner

    By default there is no root user account in Ubuntu. Users who are members of the group “admin” are allowed to use the sudo command to run commands as root.

    Use the username you created during your installation to login and then use “sudo ” to run any command, you’d like to run. sudo will ask you to enter your password.

    To install a software package use:

    “sudo apt-get install “

  • mick

    It’s a security thing – it aids accountability in that logs are more accurate and can be tied to a user.

    Also, Ubuntu is aimed at users new to linux, and the temptation is there to use the root account for day-to-day work. This is a bad idea.

    If you still would like the root account to be enabled, it is there. Do the following at a shell prompt:

    sudo passwd root

    it will prompt you for your own password (as any sudo command would) and then a new password for the root account (which you will have to confirm)