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Ubuntu is a pain over this: there is no root user let alone a password (you're
supposed to use sudo for everything). You need to create a root user and then change
the permissions on su.
--- On Mon, 25/5/09, Martinus Scriblerus <martinus.scriblerus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Martinus Scriblerus <martinus.scriblerus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LUG] Admin password in Ubuntu NBR
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, 25 May, 2009, 9:50 AM
> Slight embarrassment here.
>
> I've downloaded the Ubuntu NBR onto my Acer Aspire One. I
> don't recall
> it asking me to set an admin password but now it is asking
> me for one.
>
> Is there a default password? If not, is there an easy way
> to reset the
> password, because none of my usual suspects seem to work.
>
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