Re: No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating

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Author: Eric Shubert
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating
Clayton Stapleton wrote:
>
>> I'm never heard of a command called Root. Are you thinking su?
>>
>> Ubuntu uses sudo by default.
>>
>> $sudo bash
>> enter your USER password, and you are dropped into a root shell
>>
>
> Tried the above with the following results!!
>
> $ sudo bash
> [sudo] password for clay:
> clay is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
>
> So how do I enter my name and password into "sudo" file with out a root password???


$ sudo visudo

I'd simply
$ sudo su -
instead.


--
-Eric 'shubes'

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