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    Ubuntu 16.04 Root User not found

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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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