Root Account and Password

osumanus · 04-06-2005, 03:54 PM

I installed ubuntu Hoary but it did not give me the opportunity to set up a root acount. Can any body show me how to set up a root acount in ubuntu Hoary. Thank you

itsjustme · 04-06-2005, 05:20 PM

You don't really need to set up a root account.

You can just throw a 'sudo' in front of a command. When it asks you for a password, just use your regular password.

Also, in hoary, you can select Applications/System Tools/Root Terminal, tpye in your password and have a root terminal until you close it.

Of course, I guess there may be other considerations for actually setting up a root account and using su and su -. But I haven't needed it yet on my home system.

reddazz · 04-06-2005, 05:47 PM

To setup a root password, just do

Code:

$sudo passwd root

osumanus · 04-06-2005, 06:57 PM

Thank you so much. The "$ sudo passwd root" worked perfectly for the root account