Re: [LINUX_Newbies] (unknown)

You use root in Ubuntu using sudo. There is no separate root password or a
root user. To use it, you use the command sudo before the operation such as
'sudo nautilus' will open the file manager as root or 'sudo apt-get update'
to update your package list. You always use sudo before the command for
anything requiring root access. You will only be asked for the password the
first time, though. You can use 'sudo su' to switch to root and then not
bother with sudo anymore (for that terminal session). You will get the
traditional # to show you are root instead of the $ used in sudo.

Let us know if the password problem continues. That can be fixed too.

Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 19 August 2012 11:47, william vanderstarre <william32062000@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> how do use root in Ubuntu.. i"m punting my password in.
> and its saying Authentication failure.. do have set up root first ?
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