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    • LakshmanaL
      Lakshmana
      last edited by Lakshmana

      I have installed the VMware workstation 10.Then Ubuntu 16.04 ISO file is mapped in it.The OS automatically installed in the vmware workstation.
      I tried to log in to the root user but not able to do.
      I have created the user in it but the root user is not able to login.How to go to root user ??

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
        last edited by

        This guide here should help you to login as root.

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        • LakshmanaL
          Lakshmana @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 When i have the guide given i have got this error 0_1470315539916_test2.JPG

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @Lakshmana
            last edited by

            @Lakshmana just going off of the screenshot I would guess there is a formatting error in

             /etc/sudoers
            

            run

            sudo cat /etc/sudoers
            

            and output what is there.

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            • LakshmanaL
              Lakshmana @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 Same error mentioned in the screenshot

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
                last edited by DustinB3403

                Please follow these steps and screenshot what is there.

                cd /etc
                
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                • LakshmanaL
                  Lakshmana @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @DustinB3403 cd /etc no other things mentioned as output

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @Lakshmana
                    last edited by DustinB3403

                    @Lakshmana said in Ubuntu 16.04 Root User not found:

                    @DustinB3403 cd /etc no other things mentioned as output

                    Sorry I meant to add

                    ls -a
                    
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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Ubuntu does not use a root user by default.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu 16.04 Root User not found:

                        Ubuntu does not use a root user by default.

                        Scott the trouble (as I understand it) is that even the user he created doesn't have root access.

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                        • T
                          tiagom
                          last edited by tiagom

                          Appears to be a corrupt sudoers file, take a look at the following link.

                          http://askubuntu.com/questions/73864/how-to-modify-a-invalid-etc-sudoers-file-it-throws-out-an-error-and-not-allowi

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            Does this work...

                            sudo -i  su
                            
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                            • LakshmanaL
                              Lakshmana @tiagom
                              last edited by

                              @tiagom I used 'pkexec bash' command where the root login done now

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                              • LakshmanaL
                                Lakshmana @Lakshmana
                                last edited by

                                @Lakshmana Now I am able to login as Root user but unable to change the paasword.
                                I have provided the ssh port as 22 but the vm machine is not able to take the putty session in the windows 10 machine.The ip in the ubuntu is able to ping but network "Connection Refused" error is coming

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                                • T
                                  tiagom
                                  last edited by

                                  Is it installed?

                                  https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/openssh-server.html

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                                  • LakshmanaL
                                    Lakshmana @tiagom
                                    last edited by

                                    @tiagom ssh server is conifugured in it.port 22 is taken from #

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      On Ubuntu run.... netstat -tulpn to see if port 22 is listening.

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                                      • LakshmanaL
                                        Lakshmana @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller No 22 port is not listening

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          Might need to boot into single user mode and fix /etc/sudoers from there.

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