no root passwd debian

[Madison Kelly]

chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> I just installed ubuntu. It never asked for a root password. It asked me 
> to create a user but never a root password. Now I can't do 
> administrative tasks without it.
> This is my first ever debian experience.
> !?
> Chris

First time you open a terminal, it should recommend that you 'man 
sudo_root' (or similar). Regardless, just '$ sudo su', enter your user 
password, and you're at the root shell. From there, you can set the root 
password.

Remember, Ubuntu is aimed almost exclusively to new(er) Linux users. It 
expects (but doesn't limit you to) using the graphical tools for 
everything. :)

And yes, Ubuntu != Debian. It's based on it, but otherwise serve very 
different purposes.

Madi
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