On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Luis Maceira<luis_a_mace...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > As a Debian user since 2005 last week I bought a Dell netbook running Ubuntu > (since it is Debian based),but I am unable to do administrative tasks: > upgrading,become su etc. because I cannot find the su password in the docs > that come with the netbook.Is there any standard password that we use > in these cases,so after we can choose our own su password? > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
Ubuntu doesn't have the root user enabled, instead you have to use #sudo apt-get install to achieve any administrative task. But you can enable it using #sudo passwd su. -- "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
