[tlug] Re: "Password on localhost"

["Gernot Hassenpflug" <aikishugyo@example.com>]

Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:43:10 -0500
From: Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>
To: Tokyo Linux Users Group <tlug@example.com>
Message-ID: <20080306164310.GB5988@example.com>
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>On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:29:34AM +0900, Brian Chandler wrote:
>> But when I try things to do with printer/network settings I get a prompt
>> which says something slightly different:
>>
>> Password for brian on localhost?
/../
>Localhost is what you think, the local machine.  The password--if you're
>doing this using CUPS, it wants the root password--as Ubuntu doesn't use
>a root password by default, I'm not quite sure how it would work.

Yes, as Scott Robins has said, you can create a password for root.
Initially, if you do not have one, you could probably so "sudo su -"
and press RET for password if asked. Then use the change password
command to create a new one for root. Then you can enter that one when
prompted for the admin or root password in another application.
Probably, your synaptic or other graphical package update manager will
ask you such a thing too. Gernot