i am the only one on my system i am being asked for a root password and i dont know it

Asked by don tubor

i can't go to some directory because i am not root and can access some files i try to login as root and i enter my password and it says authentification failure

don@don-laptop:~$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
don@don-laptop:~$ su -
Password:
su: Authentication failure

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said :
#1

On Ubuntu there is no root password. You should use sudo to do what you are trying to do with su.

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said :
#2

Did this work for you don tubor?

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don tubor (macspion) said :
#3

yeah it worked