No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating

Jason Holtzapple jasonholtzapple at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 22 11:49:36 MST 2009


--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Clayton Stapleton <clay4291 at inbox.com> wrote:

> From: Clayton Stapleton <clay4291 at inbox.com>
> Subject: No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 11:36 AM
> The Ubuntu 8.10 was working fine!
> Then along come Ubuntu 9.04 so I decided to use the latest.

I don't think root-system-bin is what you think it is. If you want a
root shell, use

$ sudo -s

or

$ sudo su -

for root's full environment

--Jason


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