Root Password - What is it

[geffers]

I know of pi and raspberry for the normal login details but some of the programs need a password for administrator privileges;

What is the Admin password?

Geffers

[StephenSwat]

If you are using sudo, you should be able to use the password of the account you are logged in with.

[geffers]

If you are using sudo, you should be able to use the password of the account you are logged in with.

No, sudo password doesn't work when trying to open program from the applications menu.

It may work if I sudo the same program from the command line but I haven't tried that yet.

Geffers

[StephenSwat]

You could always open a terminal and sudo passwd root to set a new root password.

[geffers]

You could always open a terminal and sudo passwd root to set a new root password.

Thanks, I'll try that next time I use the Pi.

Geffers

[mikerr]

The answer to the question is the root password is usually "root".

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su
Password: root
exit

[geffers]

The answer to the question is the root password is usually "root".

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su
Password: root
exit

Thanks, I'll try that next time I fire it up.

Geffers