does Ubuntu have a root

mystic_durle12 · 11-03-2005, 03:46 AM

i installed ubuntu 5.04 for intel x86 and i have no idea how to go about it as i was not asked for once to provide root password. its different from redhat 9 which i had been using previously. so whats the architecture of this baby. can some one tell me plz. where can i find the root password as i have no idea where to go.
more over it has totem player and music player for playing sound and videos but both of the doent support mp3 format. where can i find codecs for them.
i will be very obliged of ur kind help.

fouldsy · 11-03-2005, 05:09 AM

Try searching for the forums, it's been asked once or twice before. Short answer - there is no root user as such, you use the "su" command as a normal user to execute various tasks.

saikee · 11-03-2005, 05:30 AM

Only a small number of distros disallow logging in as root and Ubuntu is one of those buggers.

NGene · 11-03-2005, 08:37 AM

I was also very confused when I installed Ubuntu for the first time and I wasn't asked for the root password.

After a bit of googling, I found the answer in the Ubuntu faq: What's the root password? How do I use the root account?

After reading this info, I ended up creating a separate root account for my Ubuntu box. I'm used to doing things the traditional way.

NGene · 11-03-2005, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fouldsy
you use the "su" command as a normal user to execute various tasks.

You meant "sudo," right?

fouldsy · 11-03-2005, 08:55 AM

Quote:

You meant "sudo," right?

just checking if anyone was paying attention

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saikee · 11-03-2005, 09:14 AM

I am impressed by this su and sudo thing but Ubuntu has a "root terminal" under "system" icon already!

Logging to root terminal is not the same thing as working in X Windows with root privilege.

oneandoneis2 · 11-03-2005, 09:17 AM

Hijacking the thread a tad:

I was trying to set up FreeBSD for my gf to be the same as Ubuntu, which she's used to already. When it came to sudo, I just gave her root access to all commands, no messing.

Is that what Ubuntu does, or is it more subtle and sophisticated than that in it's sudoers configuration?

den_benne · 11-04-2005, 04:33 AM

if you're looking for codecs try this site: http://ubuntuguide.org
more specifically: http://ubuntuguide.org/#codecs

also this site has some great intel: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats

mystic_durle12 · 11-05-2005, 05:28 PM

thanx folk for helping me in any capacity.