need to install updates/need to know authentication password

  how do i authenicate with a password

     what do i do next?

use your logon password. Users in the 'admin' group can run admin tasks and authenticate using their logon password. If you use terminal, you can run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade

If you use terminal, there will be no visible feedback. Just keep typing and hit ENTER

if you forgot your user password please try http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

when i try to update ubuntu when asked they ask for a password to authenicate and when i try the password i thought i made as user it says authenication failure. so i need to know the password they are asking for before i can change to a new one, i think.

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From: marcobra (Marco Braida) &lt;<email address hidden>&gt;
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Question #157190]: need to install updates/need to know authentication password

Your question #157190 on sudo in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/157190

Summary changed to:
need to install updates/need to know authentication password

Description changed to:
i am wanting to install updates and upgrade version of ubuntu.  i do
not know how to authenticate.

they are asking for a password.

how do i get one and proceed?

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You use the password you log in with. If you don't know your password then reboot and hold SHIFT, select recovery mode, then select root. You can now run:

passwd foo

Obviously change foo for your username. E.g:

passwd andy

Then set your password and then run:

reboot

Boot as normal and login with the new password you just set. You can now use the password when you use gksudo and sudo and kdesu