[plug] Re: fresh kubuntu install - what's the root password?

[David Buddrige]

Hi all,

Never mind guys - I found the answer on the web at
http://www.kubuntu.org/faq.php - it doesn't have a password for root
other than the main user password - I was able to change it by running
the command

sudo passwd root

and typing my own user password as the root password, and then changed
the root password to whatever I wanted.  

thanks

David.

On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 17:37 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have just loaded up my laptop with kubuntu - I completely blew away
> all previous partitions, so this is a completely fresh install.
> However during the install process it did not ask me for a root
> password, and now that I have the system installed and running, I can
> only log in as the main user [david] that the system DID ask me to
> create. 
> 
> I want to start installing stuff using apt-get, but to do so, I'm
> going to need to be root.  Does anyone know how to reset the root
> password in a fresh kubuntu install?
> 
> thanks heaps guys,
> 
> David.
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