Ubuntu root login?

[heymrdj]

Ok here's the deal. I just got my Breezy Badger Ubuntu disk. I need to make a minimal install of it to be used as a server. Why? Because I need to get a dedicated server and run XEN VPS software on it, but before I shell out (get it shell lolz) big cash, I need to learn how to work it a little more. So I'm using my second hard drive as the test bench. Now it says that Debian is very close to Ubuntu and no changes should be needed, but I am running into serveral problems. SO here is what I need. A UBERNOOBER installation guide to install ubuntu, then install Xen on top of it. I need to access root on this computer over LAN using my other computer just as if I was accessing a dedicated server 1000 miles away in a datacenter. So any ideas how to. Basically once I get Ubuntu installed, EVERYTHING else has to be installed via puTTy that is installed on my other system. I need this because that is the only way to access a real dedicated server, or so I think . It keeps talking about loggin into root, but while I'm installing it never gives me a choice to type in a root username and password. It lets me make a hostname, username, and password for non-root activities. But that's all.

[faulkner132]

You can't log into Ubuntu using root. You can run commands with root access by preceeding command with 'sudo'.

As for a complete walkthrough of a server setup, check out the Ubuntu forums underneath the "Server" topic group.

[kilgoretrout]

Ubuntu's "sudo" approach might make sense for newbs in a gui environment but for an experienced *nix user in a server environment it's just a huge aggravation IMHO. If you want to be able to login as root you have to setup a root user password with:

$ sudo passwd root
[enter new root password]

then you will be able to login as root.

[Tuf]

If you install Ubuntu in the expert mode it will let you create a root account at that time as well. You can use root as Kilgore pointed out but its not enabled by default in the automated setup.

You can also select to install as "server" from the start of the installation. I would think that would create a root account as well but I have not installed it in that mode before.

Ubuntu has good support on their forums located at http://ubuntuforums.org

[heymrdj]

Thank you guys for the help. I have it uninstalled right now cause I needed the second drive for a vid. project. But when I'm ready to go again I'll use that. Thx