I had installed ubuntu 10.04.
A user account has been created under my name.
But no question has been asked of root account.
So, I was wondering how to login under root account.
Kindly provide some suggestions.
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I had installed ubuntu 10.04.
A user account has been created under my name.
But no question has been asked of root account.
So, I was wondering how to login under root account.
Kindly provide some suggestions.
Ubuntu is secure because of that very feature. The
rootaccount is very dangerous to use. If you make a file with that account, onlyrootcan delete it. The trash can fills up, but you can’t empty it. It’s a pain, so don’t do it.You are probably needing to do something with elevated privileges. The command
sudolets you do just that.It lets you run individual commands as
root, without being root. It’s quite simple to use:And you will be prompted for a password (your password, not root’s).