From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Gregg,

Yes, I found that out, but was still wondering about the actual
root-account. Rich G provided the answer.

- Thees Peereboom

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:50:27 +0200, Gregg N  wrote:

> In Ubuntu, you are supposed to use sudo to do the things you would
> normally log in as root to do.
>
> To be able to log in as root, you have to first assign it a password. To
> do that, use the command
>
>     sudo passwd root
>
> Enter your password first (as with all sudo commands), and then when
> prompted enter the password you wish to assign to root. Then you can log
> in as root using su.
>
> Gregg
>
> Thees Peereboom wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> Funny you ask just today. I installed Ubuntu today (in a VMware
>> machine) and am quite impressed with version 6.06. Flawless
>> installation (except that I yet have to find out how to get to the
>> root password), looks very good, lots of software, etc.
>



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