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Problems to Know what is the password of the root

Asked by José Antonio on 2009-03-26

I have intalled ubuntu in my computer and I have tried to intall emule and plug-ins of Java in the browser as well but if i want to install it I need to open ubunto like root but I write in the console of Linux "su" and it asked me a password I wrote the password but the password I write when I installed ubuntu doesn't work like root and i don't know what is the password of the root when I installed ubuntu it didn't ask me.

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Last query:: 2009-03-26

Last reply:: 2009-03-27

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) said on 2009-03-26:

Your "root" password is actually the user password you set for yourself at time of login. You only set one password at time of the login, for the main user (presumably yourself). This is the password that you are prompted for everytime. Enter this.

This is also the password you use for the "sudo" command.

Sincerely,

Craig

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) said on 2009-03-26:

To read more about this please see the following...

The root password is scrambled as a security measure.

If you need superuser access, use sudo. There's more on the topic here. ...

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