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can't gain root access

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cannot gain su says authentification fail, as trying to install java runtime in /usr/lib, i have entered the correct password and i cant get root permissions

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Ovidiu (admin-devplug) said : 		#1

you need to sudo the command first, try this

"sudo su" and the pass should be the one you setup for your user you first installed on system

hope it helps, Ovidiu

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Gabriel Bauman (gabrielbauman) said : 		#2

You can also do `sudo -s` to gain superuser permissions. Remember, sudo asks for *YOUR* user's password, not a special "root" password.

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Kevin Lamontagne (kevinlamontagne) said : 		#3

Might have something to do with https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/5100

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Matthew Lange (matthewlange) said : 		#4

I don't think it is the same as that bug.

The SU limitation is an imposed restriction, it's a security feature. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo for more information.

"By default, the root account is locked in Ubuntu. This means you cannot login as root or use su. Instead, the installer will setup sudo to allow the user that is created during install to run all administrative commands."

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Newton daivida (henothe-man) said : 		#5

i have the same thing to install java runetime enviroment please somone help me..

thank you very much..

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#6

Newton

If you have a problem you need to raise your own support ticket rather than reply to an existing one.

That said, to install java on Ubuntu check these notes:-

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

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Newton daivida (henothe-man) said : 		#7

thank you so much alan

thanks

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