Ubuntu doesn't come with an available root account. Instead it creates a primary user with sudo access for administration purposes.
"su" will require the root password (which I believe in Ubuntu is a very long random string by default, and unlikely to be guessed). Similarly, logging in as root won't work either. Instead, log in as your normal user, and type: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop After the initial "sudo" command, you'll be prompted for a password. This is your normal account password (not the "root" password, which is unknown). Again, Ubuntu sets up the user you created at install-time with sudo access (for temporary privilege escalation). This gives you access from the command-line to system tools like apt-get. All you need to do is prefix any system-level command with the "sudo" command to gain the necessary privileges for that one command. HTH -Dan Nathan Herholdt wrote: > Hi again, > > When I try to login as root or su it says I have an authentication > problem. Therefore I cannot enter the stage to add the GUI. Could > someone give me step by step pointers to install. > > Thanks > Nathan > VK67DNA > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Junin Toiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Nathan Herholdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 9:50:56 AM > Subject: Re: Ubuntu server trouble > > > On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 01:02 +1030, Junin Toiro wrote: >> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop > > I always like to use aptitude instead of apt-get. > > The main reason is that it logs all package changes (well, the > intentions anyway) in /var/log/aptitude. This is good for retracing > your steps when something goes awry. > > It also gives you a nice GUI, albeit a text one for searching for > packages, reading descriptions and changelogs etc. > > Good luck! > > -- > Simon Wong BEng MCompSc MACS > Dependable Technologies Pty Ltd > > [m] +61 (0)438 609 011 [p] +61 (0)7 3369 3627 > [f] +61 7 3009 0431 [e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [l] http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonwong > [w] http://www.dt.net.au > > * Dependable IT Solutions * > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sent from Yahoo! > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51949/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html> > - a smarter inbox. > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
