The question is misguided as it assumes one wants to use an account called 'root', but this concept doesn't exist on Ubuntu (yes it can if you want it to, but it doesn't by design, so why resurrect it). Answering that question for Luis doesn't answer his actual question, which is more like 'what is the administrative password', the answer to which is 'your own user's password'.
Ubuntu uses an 'sudo' system, rather than having an explicit root account. When asked for the administrative password you enter your own. You can run commands that require superuser priviliges by prepending them with 'sudo', or you can drop into superuser mode by using the command sudo -s'. Ask your Ubuntu question here and you get a Debian answer, rather than an Ubuntu answer. The two worlds are subtly but importantly different. -- Pete Boyd Open Plan IT - http://openplanit.co.uk The Golden Ear - http://thegoldenear.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
