how to find out root password

Question

I just installed ubuntu desktop 13.04

I need the root access and need to know the root password During installation, I left it blank.

How can find out my root password ?

Thanks. somner

Answer 1

Simple answer : You can't find the root password, If you could it would break the security model.

Also, by default root does not have a password which prevents you from logging in as root.

If you want to enable root login see this post. How to enable root login? However its not recommended see here

If you have lost the password of all Administrative users see this post on how to fix: How do I reset a lost administrative password?

Another option is sudo -i with your password which runs a session as root

Also take a look here RootSudo

Answer 2

Root login is disabled by default in ubuntu. You can switch to root with

sudo bash

and then give it your personal password.

Answer 3

While the answer given by A J is technically correct, you should use sudo su to switch to the root user. If for some reason you must use his answer, please do sudo bash --login