[Cialug] ubuntu 5.10 [root ?]

[Kevin C. Smith]

I'm assuming you found that root is disabled and 
Ubuntu uses sudo?

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 18:55 -0600, Alan Maupin wrote:
> Disregard – I seem to have found the solution to the root password
> problem.  Excuse me.
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> Behalf Of Alan Maupin
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 6:45 PM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: [Cialug] ubuntu 5.10 [root ?]
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> Question:
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> I just installed ubuntu 5.10 on my ibook.   During the installation a
> point never came where the installer asked for a root password to be
> established.  So I’ve completely installed the OS, logged on as a user
> and booted into Gnome.  My question is, how do I establish the root
> password on ubuntu?
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> Thanks
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> Alan
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