can't get updates??
Hello All, I am a new linux user. I have ubuntu installed. When I try to get updates I am having problems. I am prompted for a system password in order to make any changes. But when I installed ubuntu I did not setup my system to need a password. So how do I fix this problem so I can download updates?
Thanks, tennisbum |
Normally, you would need to have created a password, even if you told Ubuntu to boot into your user space without asking for a password.
That password would be the one you should enter. If you have forgotten the password, this article should help: https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu...npassword.html |
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However when I go to open/start my firewall or use Synaptic Package Mgr it ask's me for my root for authentication. Your root password may be all that you need. Hope this helps. |
Normally, (and Ubuntu is abnormal in this respect!) Ubuntu defaults to disabling the root acct, and instead setting up the first (non-root) user created during install as having full sudo rights to root cmds thus
Code:
sudo <some privileged cmd> |
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