does Ubuntu have a root
 

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.

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.

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

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.

You meant "sudo," right?

just checking if anyone was paying attention :rolleyes: ...

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.

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?

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

thank u(all of u)
 

thanx folk for helping me in any capacity.