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I cannot access administrative tools from my normal account. If I am trying to access networking, it asks for my networking-admin password. My root password does not work for this. ...
- 12-29-2005 #1Just Joined!
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Ubuntu 5.10 access issues
I cannot access administrative tools from my normal account. If I am trying to access networking, it asks for my networking-admin password. My root password does not work for this. Where is this password set?
Thanks
- 12-29-2005 #2Linux User
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Put in your user password, ubuntu doesn't have a root account.
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- 12-29-2005 #3Linux User
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Ubuntu does have a root account, you just cant log in as it
go to a terminal and type
it will then say "Enter new UNIX password" or something, you wont be able to see it as you type it.Code:sudo passwd root
After typing it you will have to type it again
You can now use su to change to root in a terminal to do adminy things. Instead of typing "sudo command" for everything, which annoys me usually.
Hops that helps!
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