root password?

[arreay]

Hi,

I downloaded VMware Player and Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace to run Linux on my Windows Vista machine. The download page for Ubuntu gave me a user name and password, but the password is apparently just for the one username and not the root password, as I tried doing su and it wasn't correct. I also looked in the /home directory and only saw a folder for vmplanet, the username I got from the download page, but no folder for root. Is the root password hidden somewhere in the downloaded files, or can I just not sign in as root using VMware Player? Sorry for the simple question, but I don't know what to do. Thanks!

arreay

[RDPetruska]

Ubuntu HAS no root user, by default. You use sudo or su using your OWN password to obtain rights.

[alienation]

This is partially wrong.

Ubuntu does have a root account, but the password is obscured. You can use "sudo su" to become root.

[daemona]

If you do a:

sudo bash

then enter the password

vmplanet.net

then enter the command

passwd

now type in your favorite password

juan_valdez

then you got your own password

[VMPI123]

sudo bash - thank you.  That worked beautifully.