admin password problem

[johnhagen]

hi guys

i have installed ubuntu server 10.10 .my problem is when i try to open a program(firestarter) its asking me administrator password i write my pass but i doesnt accept it says in correct but on the terminal when i say sudo get-apt install firestarter it asked for pass i gave same pass it accepted and i am sure my pass is correct.

any idea wats this?

thanks.

[johnhagen]

hi again guys

i have fixed the problem with these commands
sudo passwd root
your password
new root-password
retype new root-password
but i still dont understand is there a default pass?i tried to pass it blank it didnt accept and why it accept on the terminal when i use sudo .. then i put my normal user pass it accepts?
as i know there is no default administrator pass for ubuntu.

[hkrazy888]

Have you tried 'root' or 'default'? I encountered a distro a while ago that had root as its default sudo. Cant remember what it was though.

[MASONTX]

Some distro's use root as root password and user as the user password as the default setting on setup. After installing these distro's you change to the passwords you choose.