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If this is your first Linux installation, you will first need to set up a root user (Linux-speak for ''Administrator''). | If this is your first Linux installation, you will first need to set up a root user (Linux-speak for ''Administrator''). | ||
Open a terminal window (For Windows people, this is the Command Line) and type: | Open a terminal window (For Windows people, this is the Command Line) and type: | ||
<pre>sudo passwd root [Enter]</pre> | <pre>sudo passwd root</pre> | ||
Hitting [Enter], it will ask you for your current user's password, and then for the password you'd like '''root''' to have: | |||
<pre>Enter new UNIX password: | |||
Retype new UNIX password: | |||
passwd: password updated successfully | |||
root@ubuntu:/home/blacklisted# </pre> | |||