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question to pepole how use wubi or any one know the default password for root

Asked by jovial girl

I,ve install my ubuntu by using wubi

and during the installation I've not asked about the account if it is root or not
but when I log in I logges as a user not as a root ...

any one know the defualt passward for root account

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Rui Araújo (rui-araujo) said : 		#1

The root account isn't activated by default for security reasons.

If you need superuser privileges, just type"sudo ...." .

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello

As Rui said Administrator previlages are disabled by default in ubuntu..

If you require administrative/superuser previlages you must prefix any command with sudo

More info:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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jovial girl (jovial-girl) said : 		#3

thank you very much ... it works ^_^