Root password for (k)ubuntu KDE4?

[jazzbri]

What is the root password? I've tried vmplanet.net when I "su -" and that doesn't seem to work.

[smyl]

there is no root password set.

if you want to set one, you can use 'sudo passwd root'

most of the administration on ubuntu based distro's can be done with out logging in as root through the use of sudo

--Bobb

[gseeli]

I can log on with the provided user name by vmplanet but its password doesn't work for the su command. So I was wondering what the default root password was...

never mind fixed it.

[motsteve]

I understand where the original poster is coming from. I had a similar problem, but I did find out in a round about way how to solve this. Be that as it may, how would you install vmwaretools without root admin? I believe every one should be cautious when root, but there comes a time when you need to be root and nothing else will do.

I'm an average user trying to learn more about Linux, but most of the advise I find is from heavy users who assume the reader already knows everything a heavy hitter does. I don't believe the average reader would be asking questions if he was at that same level, so I wish the answers would be at a level of assuming that the reader is an average user and not highly proficient in everything Linux. Who knows, with the right answers, us average guys may achieve heavy hitter status. : - )

[smyl]

I understand where the original poster is coming from. I had a similar problem, but I did find out in a round about way how to solve this. Be that as it may, how would you install vmwaretools without root admin? I believe every one should be cautious when root, but there comes a time when you need to be root and nothing else will do.


i'm probably the worst at answering questions in a informative way, but i usually obtain root using:

sudo su -

if you have a properly setup /etc/sudoers this will work (ubuntu has this setup for the account created at install)

[motsteve]

I don't know why you would say your answers aren't informative, that one certainly was. What I found out is that not all of the installers set root. Like the Mac BSD apparently doesn't and I found out through my reading that you set it using passwd. I try to use sudo as much as possible in the mean time.

BTW, I found out that everyone on Parallels is also having problems adding tools to Ubuntu 8.04 as well as some of the others. The problem is not confined to Fusion or VirtualBox either.

[smyl]

It takes a while for the developers to update the tools...

in a couple weeks there should(might) be an update to them...

and most of my machines have no root password, and root login disabled...

[motsteve]

I had one distro, and I forgot which one, where I tried to stay user, but the sudoer list locked me out. Not knowing beans about what to do to add me to the sudoer list, I left that alone and went to a root shell. I'm a paranoid kind of guy, so I do what I need to do and then exit. That reminds me, I need to add an alias for whoami to my .bashrc file.

[berneard]

Hi,

I'm new around this parts of the web.

I think that this is a very easy guide on how to set / change / discover the root pass of Ubuntu.

http://www.fixya.com/support/t879022-ubuntu_change_root_password

Take it easy,
Bear.

[tacob]

Hi,

I'm new around this parts of the web.

I think that this is a very easy guide on how to set / change / discover the root pass of Ubuntu.

http://www.fixya.com/support/t879022-ubuntu_change_root_password

Take it easy,
Bear.

or
instead of logging in as root
you can just use sudo

which is considered "best practice" by a lot of people...