Ubuntu/Unix help

[murrays 0]

So, I finally got Ubuntu 7.10 to install on my iMac using VMWare Fusion after trying unsuccessfully to use Parallels 3.0...appears there are some issues with the latest version of Ubuntu & Parallels that have yet to be ironed out.

Interesting exercise so far. VMWare has a package called VMWare Tools that I have to install using Ubuntu in Terminal at the command line. I have to log in as root. I have been trying su - and then entering my password but it won't work. I have no idea what the root password is...don't remeber having to set one when I installed Ubuntu.

Any idea on how to proceed?

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Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey

[psw097 0]

The root password is the password for the first user created - probably your normal password. Use sudo instead of su.

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Root login is disbaled by default in Ubuntu.

"If you want to enable root account (which is not recommended) enter the following command.

$sudo passwd root

This will prompt for a new root password and once you confirm it, you can start using the root account to login.

If you want to disable root account in ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command

$sudo passwd -l root

If you want to work on a root console you’d better use the following command

$sudo -i "


I had something typed out worded badly but rembered I got this from www.debianadmin.com a while back.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[murrays 0]

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Root login is disbaled by default in Ubuntu.

"If you want to enable root account (which is not recommended) enter the following command.

$sudo passwd root

This will prompt for a new root password and once you confirm it, you can start using the root account to login.

If you want to disable root account in ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command

$sudo passwd -l root

If you want to work on a root console you’d better use the following command

$sudo -i "


I had something typed out worded badly but rembered I got this from www.debianadmin.com a while back.

Thanks, I think I got set up as root and I tried following VMWare's instructions to do the installation I wanted to do but I don't think anything happened.

I was at a > prompt when typing in the various commands but I never got any response of any sort to anything I entered.

My lack of familiarity with Ubuntu and Unix makes this very difficult. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

--
Murray

"No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey