Posted by zratis on December 3, 2010 at 5:03am
What's the password for the root account for quick start on ubuntu virtualbox? It's not "quickstart"
Ubuntu root password on Quickstart system
What's the password for the root account for quick start on ubuntu virtualbox? It's not "quickstart"
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Hi,
Best to file a new issue for this kind of thing.
I don't know the root password. On install, Ubuntu creates a random password for the root user. Ubuntu intends for the root user to never log in directly.
The quickstart user however has "sudo" priveledges so can become the root user like this:
sudo -i
[type quickstart password: quickstart]
Once root, you can probably change your password with this command:
passwd
Haven't tried it, but haven't needed to.
Best luck,
Mike
I think this should do it,
I think this should do it, thanks.
quickstart docs on changing various passwords
There are a few passwords on quickstart you might want to change. Check out the related quickstart docs page
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another method to change ubuntu root password
In a ubuntu terminal I changed the root pw:
$ sudo passwd
So now I have a changed root pw, but when I do a:
$ su
I am prompted for a password, but when I do a:
$ sudo su
I gain access to root privileges without being prompted for a password.
I have found this from:
http://www.ubuntux.org/how-to-change-the-root-password-in-ubuntu
Hope this can help.