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When prompted for an administrative password, what exactly does that mean?

I'm trying to run a few programs but they are asking for my adminstrative password, but I have no clue what that means.

I'mm trying to use things like unetbootin and remastersys, but running those requires that I enter the administrative password. I have no clue what it is, given I put in my user account password it says its the wrong password and im the only user on. when i type anything sudo in terminal that password works but when it shows me a message asking for it i dont know what it is..... can anyone help me find it or tell me what it is?

Braiam
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MegaEverything
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Whoever installed the Ubuntu system was asked for a user name. That user name not only became the first user of the system, but also became the first sudo user (account that could put sudo to run root-privileged programs.

So, your password should work. If you did not install the system, you need to go on the sudoers list. These two questions should help you add your account to sudoers, but you still need the first account's password, if it was not you.

To check to see if you have admin privileges, try entering sudo -i and using your regular password. If that works, it would help to have more information about what you are trying to run.

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octopusgrabbus
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I've found for programs that won't accept my user's sudo status for whatever reason, it will run for me under gksudo. Try:

Alt+F2
gksudo unetbootin

and

Alt+F2
gksudo remastersys
Sean Fenton
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