[Discuss] ubunto image

[Deryk Barker]

Ken Seto wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a new user of ubunto.  I find the vmware image ver 6.06 available 
> online
> (I'm still waiting for my free installation DVD to come   ;)    ) .   
> does
> anyone using   it please?  The installation page said there's no root
> account exist.  but i find it from /etc/passwd.  plus, when i call 
> "sudo",
> it askes for the password.  thanks.

The root account has no password and you cannot log on as root (by default).

The password asked for by sudo is *your* password, *not* root's.