No Root access asked during installation

[Cool Surfer]

Hi friends

I dont have the root access to my pc. When I type su , i get this error.
I dont think it asked for root password during installation.

Even if it asked and if i inadvertently clicked next, the password is same as of
user cool. I keep the same pwds, when trying new os, just to avoid confusion and later change them.

But now i am not getting access to root. Is there a way to change the
root pwd pl. Or does ubunto give a default pwd to root during installation pl.

Thanks

cool@XpIndia:~$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
Sorry.
cool@XpIndia:~$

[RustamB]

You certainly mistyped the password either during installation or while being asked for it later. Try typing it with caps lock on, or with other keyboard layout. Regarding on how to change the root password in your situation, I'm not sure.

[sykkn]

I'm pretty sure Ubuntu tries to keep you out of root. You should be able to do anything you need using sudo and your user's password (ex: sudo vi /etc/hosts # to edit a file only writable by root) .... if you must be the root user you can always try: 'sudo su - root' with your user's password, not root's.

[Cool Surfer]

Hmm...

[Cool Surfer]

I'm pretty sure Ubuntu tries to keep you out of root. You should be able to do anything you need using sudo and your user's password (ex: sudo vi /etc/hosts # to edit a file only writable by root) .... if you must be the root user you can always try: 'sudo su - root' with your user's password, not root's.

How do I edit the file /etc/fstab ?

can u pl tell me the full syntax ?

Like i want my windows drives to be auto mounted.

[Cool Surfer]

ok , got it , done n thanks.

tried sudo gedit /etc/fstab

and it worked.