On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Mark Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Michael John Walters > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> My friend, Winson, who is also a member of CLUG, received a computer >> from one of the members of CLUG with Ubuntu on it. But Winson does not >> have the root passward. >> >> I have a CD of Ubutntu 10.04 desktop burned on Sunday 2010 June 20. >> >> Is it possible using that CD to change the root password without ever >> knowing the original root password? If so, could you please tell me how >> I could help Winson change the root password to something he can easily >> remember? >> >> What I would do first, is change the root password to something we both >> can easily remember, then set up Winson as user account. Then he can >> change the root password to what he wants it to be. >> >> All the above steps are easy except the first step, to change the root >> password to something we both can remember without ever knowing the >> original root password. >> >> All help is appreciated in advance. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael > > I'm a bit late, but I'll throw in my two cents anyway. > > A quick google search for 'Ubuntu root password' provides some > insight... there is no root password on a default Ubuntu installation. > It is generally not needed, and sudo is normally used instead. > > See this page for more details: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > Also, the page shows you the command you need to run to set the root password. > > -Mark C. >
Oh, and you don't need to use the install CD or any other live CD to set the root password, either. -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
