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Ubuntu: how to set the root password
February 20, 2016 Ubuntu

From time to time you want to use root password, however in ubuntu you did not set one up yet during the installation.

To set the root password, open a terminal, in the command line:

sudo su

using sudo su prompts you for your default user password (which you setup during the installation), type in your password. Now you have root access.

Then you can use command:

passwd

then follow the prompt to set a root password.

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