no root passwd debian

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Chris Aitken wrote:

> Jamon Camisso wrote:
>> On November 18, 2007 04:56:02 pm 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.
>>> 
>>> !?
>>> 
>> 
>> Two things:
>> 1) Ubuntu != Debian
>> 
> Does that mean "Debian /really/ equals ubuntu"?

No, it means "Ubuntu does not equal Debian".

Cheers,

Rob

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