No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating

[Matt Nesteruk]

This post makes me smile.



On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Clayton Stapleton <clay4291 at inbox.com>wrote:

> The Ubuntu 8.10 was working fine! Then along come Ubuntu 9.04 so I decided
> to use the latest. Put the x86 desktop disk in the computer and tried to
> install Ubuntu 9.04. This version of Ubuntu does not like my hardware and
> would not install. Then tried the x86 Alternate Ubuntu 9.04 disk. It
> upgraded my Ubuntu 8.10 and then gave me the first screen to log in. Could
> not log in because under 8.10 it was not required to log in. And so I did
> not have a user name and password so logging in that way was out!! Went into
> “recovery mode” which accepted my root password and was able to create a new
> user and password, then I was able to log in!!
>
> So thinking everything was a go started to use 9.04. Looked for “add and
> remove packages” under Applications but it was not there! Looked around and
> found under “System-Administration” “Synaptic Package Manager”. So I clicked
> on Synaptic Package Manager” and when I entered my root password got a
> return of “Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic as user root.” And the it said
> “Wrong password”.
>
> So I went to a terminal screen and entered
> clay at eagle:~$ root
> The program 'root' is currently not installed.  To run 'root' please ask
> your administrator to install the package 'root-system-bin'
> bash: root: command not found
> And so there is no root program installed! What happened to the one under
> 8.10???
>
> Went back to “recovery mode” which thankfully still remembers my password.
>
> In “recovery mode” choose “root shell” and then entered my root password,
> it was accepted! Then entered “apt-get install root-system-bin” . It tried
> to access the internet and nothing happened. Then it asked for the Ubuntu
> 9.04 disk so I put in th x86 desktop disk and it did not find any root
> packages. Then it said to try update or fix which neither one would work
> because of no internet.
>
> Is there a way to get the “root program” installed on this OS??
>
> Thank you
> Clayton Stapleton
>
> The above was sent to Ubuntu forum questions and CheapBytes where the disk
> came from over a week ago with no answer as yet!!
>
> Went back to the “recovery mode” and found “root shell with networking” and
> tried apt-get install root-system-bin and away to the internet it went and
> downloaded an number of files. Then it asked for the Ubuntu 9.04 disk and
> copied a number of riles from it. I then went back to the Ubuntu 9.04 OS and
> tried to enter the “synaptic package manager” and was asked for my root
> password. It did not accept my root password that works in “recovery mode” I
> then went to a terminal window and on the CLI entered “root” and yes the
> root program version 5 is installed.  So how is it possible to enter the
> root password into this OS???
>
> Thank you
> Clayton Stapleton
>
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