No root password in Ubuntu 9.04 after updating

[Eric Shubert]

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.


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-Eric 'shubes'