On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 20:47 -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: > 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. > > _____________________________________________
Thank you Mark, Since I have to be around the apartment tomorrow anyway I will look at the page from the link you gave me and work on a strategy to help Winson. Thanks for your helpful tips. _______________________________________________ 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
