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View Poll Results: How do you find out your root password???
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i dont know
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i know, i will reply to your question in a min. telling you how or what it is
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12-21-2006, 03:51 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Originally Posted by joejack_2
another problem, i entered that, it said "password:" so i entered the password, and now all the sudden it says that the cammand is not found, so what do i do???
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Think I stop now |
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12-21-2006, 07:48 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Waiheke NZ
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joejack_2: you edited you original post after it had generated quite a few replies. Please do not do this as it makes the replies look stupid and off topic.
For the record, the original question was "what is this root password?" and "how do I find out what it is?"...
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what i should do if the add-ons are not downloading
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... which "add ons" would this be exactly? |
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12-21-2006, 08:08 PM
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Location: S.W. Ohio
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This might help some of you understand Ubuntu a little better:
http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper |
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12-21-2006, 08:27 PM
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Location: Waiheke NZ
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Originally Posted by twilli227
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Originally Posted by Simon Bridge in post #5
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But it will bear repeating at least once per page, considering the way this thread is going.
The dapper page is linked from this one...
Last edited by Simon Bridge; 12-21-2006 at 08:29 PM.
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12-22-2006, 09:02 AM
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Location: S.W. Ohio
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Sorry Simon Bridge, I must have missed your link.
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01-14-2007, 11:26 PM
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Correction to Ubuntu root situation
When you set up Ubuntu it DOES NOT ask for root password.
Set it by typing:
sudo passwd root
ENTER YOUR OWN PASSWORD then you will be faced wuth
ENTER NEW UNIX PASSWORD:
Enter the new root password and thatś you. But you still won be able to log into KDE with it. For that you need to edit /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc and change allowrootlogin=false to allowrootlogin=true
Sorted!!!
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01-15-2007, 06:53 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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Originally Posted by seanfedora
When you set up Ubuntu it DOES NOT ask for root password.
Set it by typing:
sudo passwd root
ENTER YOUR OWN PASSWORD then you will be faced wuth
ENTER NEW UNIX PASSWORD:
Enter the new root password and thatś you. But you still won be able to log into KDE with it. For that you need to edit /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc and change allowrootlogin=false to allowrootlogin=true
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please do not drag up old threads. this question has been resolved and had not been touched for a number of weeks. |
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01-15-2007, 09:44 AM
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Registered: Apr 2006
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I don believe it!
Why is this thread continuing. Itś simple, I won double post, chck out this link to page 3 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=512518&page=3 where I fully explain the situation.
My nick is seanfedora |
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01-15-2007, 09:53 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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you won??  let's just leave this thread alone and let it be closed like it probably will be now eh? |
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01-15-2007, 11:28 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: in a fallen world
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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Originally Posted by seanfedora
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Yes, we're wondering, too, why you keep posting to a
dead thread with a long resolved problem; more specifically
w/o reading the responses to your posts. I'll close it for your
(and my) peace of mind.
Cheers,
Tink |
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