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Re: [Question #77772]: While logged in as a user, I cannot install updates. Even though I know the root password and enter it when prompted the updater says it is incorrect. Ran into the same issue installing the flash player. I am an experience unix sys admin, and have run Fedora for some years. What's wrong here?

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From: Larry Jordan <question77772@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:15:57 -0000
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Question #77772 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77772

Larry Jordan proposed the following answer:
     True.  Just switched from FC2 myself, and after research found that
Ubuntu disables root by default.  They want you to use 'sudo' instead.
There IS a way to change this behavior, but I just stuck with it and got
used to 'sudo' with my user password.  Works same from there.

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