" If you wish to run apt-get, you will either need to grant a root password, 'and use su'.."
In Ubuntu Core "root" user is already added but i don't know root user password (and it dont ask me to reset root user password adduser command just say user already present), may be i missed something very basic? I would like to use it to install packages (i.e. sudo and other necessary, resolving dependencies manually is tedious :( ) su asks for root password but i dont know it.. For the same purpose i added "ubuntu" user to sudo group (but you already clarified without sudo pakcages it would not have any effect). The reason i am interesting these packages from Ubuntu Core is because it seems something really obvious to have root access in an OS, but su asks for password which i dont know... Thanks, Saqlain. On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Emmet Hikory <per...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Saqlain Abbas wrote: > > I have installed Ubuntu core on VM i followed instruction from > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core > > > > I am able to boot and login, but if try apt-get install I get below > errors, > > my system (virgin ubuntu core) got no packages installed like synaptic > > package manager etc > > > > "could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock -open (13:permission denied) > > unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg) , are you > root?" > > > > I can't try using "sudo" command as it is not installed on (ubuntu core). > > If you wish to run apt-get, you will either need to grant a root > password, > and use su, or mount the filesystem on some other machine, chroot into it, > and > install sudo from the chroot. > > > [T]he user i created "ubuntu" I added it to adm and sudo groups, > > "groups" command shows it is added to "ubuntu" "adm" and "sudo" groups. > My > > other part of question is as user is added to sudo group why i got no > > "root" permission? > > Because the sudo package is not installed, so there is no > interpretation > of the sudo group meaning anything. While the adm group does grant the > ability > to access many files, it does not provide for any sort of root access. > > -- > Emmet HIKORY > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Kind Regards, Saqlain Abbas.
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