Can someone tell me how to change the root password in Ubuntu 6.10 with konsole?
I've tried to do it with the graphical mode but it just won't work.

Thanks

sudo passwd root

Great!!
Thanks!!

Do you even have a root account in Ubuntu ? Here is a link explaining the command line passwd program.

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/upasswor.htm

Good luck...

David

There isn't a root password in Ubuntu. Administration is performed by members of the admin group by users listed in a file named sudoers. The first user created is by default in the admin group. To perform criticle administration like installation or to have access to root owned resources an admin uses their own password. If you check you will find that root isn't a member of the admin group. This will seem a bit strange to someone accustomed to root only administration in SuSE for example. You will get over it. If the root account is some how breached in Ubuntu the vandal will still require a password for admin functions. I will not argue the merit of root vs admin group. Admin group is an effective way to manage a system and it's the way Ubuntu has chosen. Although a little strange at fist I'm now very comfortable to it.

fragos:

Thanks!!
That explained my befuddlement completely.

So it's best to let Ubuntu be Ubuntu, and let Suse be Suse.
I just installed Ubuntu as something to mess around with and I'm impressed with it.
I was just confused by the root thing.
Thanks for your input, I'll not "fix" what ain't broke.

There is, if you create one as Duck2006 stated earlier. So if you find it annoying to type sudo before every administrative command, you're not forced to do things the "ubuntu way".

Root may not be in the admin group, but that doesn't seem to stop root from doing all the things root can normally do. I've been using ubuntu on my laptop for a few months, using sudo when it's convenient and using root when that is more convenient, and "root" has never been unable to perform any normal root function.

you don't need to set a root password to get a root shell
sudo -i
sudo -s
both will give you a full root shell