password for superuser in terminal mode, is there a default, or should it be the same as Root?

[wayne]

Binary package hint: terminal

I was trying to install a program, (vmware), but was asked to login as Superuser. However, it doesn't take my password as "Root". I tried a number of different possibilities, but no luck. Is there a default setting, or can it be reset?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 31 06:50:42 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This does not appear to be a bug report and we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. Please visit https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

It might be worth noting that Ubuntu has disabled the root (or superuser) password and uses the sudo command instead. For details on its usage and security implications, please seehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for details.