Ubuntu root password

[wabob]

I just loaded Ubuntu linux. Unlike the other distros I've used, I don't recall being asked for the root password while it was loading.

So now Ubuntu is loaded and I cannot get into root. It asks for a password and none of my guesses have worked.

Is there a default root password? Any way I can find it out or reset it?

 

[wabob]

Never mind.

After a little research, I learned the root account is disabled by default in Ubuntu.

You need to enable the root account by using the sudo commands as described in this link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo

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[CamaroLT]

I don't recall which distro I was using, but during the setup, there was also no prompt for the root password. I found out from somewhere that the root password is set to the same password that you set your first user up with.


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[jstreich]

Remember to reset it to something else:
sudo passwd

If you are running sshd or anyother services your normal user account can log into.

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[stefanwagner]

You don't use roots passwort, to do a 'sudo', but your own.

Sudo is managed by /etc/sudoers, and by default the first user is added to the group 'admin', and to run a programm with sudo you have to retype YOUR passwort - you cannot login as root, and root does not get the same passwort.

Look at /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to prove it.

If you need to do more than one command as root, just get root with the sudo command:

sudo su

There are switches available to read the root-environment at startup:

sudo su -

or do other things (man su).


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[pansophic]

You don't use roots passwort, to do a 'sudo', but your own.

SuSE now installs with rootpw=on which requires root's password when executing sudo commands. I cannot understand this, as it kind of defeats the purpose of sudo AFAIAK.

I don't know how many other distros are doing this, but it is one of the first things that I change.

I hate defaults that just don't make any sense whatsoever.


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