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Hi all,<BR>
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Never mind guys - I found the answer on the web at <A HREF="http://www.kubuntu.org/faq.php">http://www.kubuntu.org/faq.php</A> - it doesn't have a password for root other than the main user password - I was able to change it by running the command<BR>
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sudo passwd root<BR>
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and typing my own user password as the root password, and then changed the root password to whatever I wanted. <BR>
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thanks<BR>
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David.<BR>
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On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 17:37 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi all,</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">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. </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">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?</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">thanks heaps guys,</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">David.</FONT>
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