Re: [gNewSense-users] Did I miss setting the root password?

[Anthony Patarini]

Hi Dave. Try "sudo su" instead of just "su" to get a root terminal,
and use the same password as you did for your account. For more info
on this, try googling "sudo". Hope that helps.

On 12/26/06, Dave Grundgeiger <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm an experienced developer, but I'm new to Linux. When I installed
> gNewSense today, it asked me to set up a username/password, but I don't
> recall it asking me to set up a password for root. Now when I try to do 'su'
> in a terminal window, it asks me for a password. No password I try works.
> I've tried the password for the login I set up, I've tried 'password' and
> 'Password' and I tried leaving it blank. I searched the mailing list
> archives and Google, but couldn't find any info. Thanks very much for any
> pointers.
>
> Dave
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