How to change root's password on Ubuntu.
1. Login as the user created during the installation
2. Run the command "sudo passwd root" to change the password of "root"
3. Login as root with the changed password --- Work fine...:-)
Xwindow installtion
Ubuntu Server 6.0.6
Ubuntu Server which does not have X Windows installed because it is the server version and not the desktop version. You may want to try installing XWindows.
Xfce UI
# sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
GNOME
# sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Reboot machine after finish the installation and X window will start successfully.
Installing VMware Tools
Go to the text mode by running the command "/etc/init.d/gdm stop"
# apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
# cd /tmp
# tar xzf /mnt/VM*.tar.gz
# cd /tmp/vmware-distrib
# ./vmware-install.pl
OpenSSH, Telnet, FTP, RSH, Rlogin Configuration
OpenSSH
Put the installation cd to the cd-rom and run the following commands
apt-cdrom add
apt-get install openssh-server
Telnet and FTP
# sudo apt-get install telnetd
# sudo apt-get install ftpd
If you failed to install Telnet and FTP using the way above.
Get the packages below \\192.168.4.183\Platforms\LINUX\Ubuntu\6.0.6
netkit-inetd_0.10-10.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
telnetd_0.17-32_i386.deb
ftpd_0.17-21_i386.deb
and then run the following commands
# sudo dpkg -i netkit-inetd_0.10-10.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
# sudo dpkg -i telnetd_0.17-32_i386.deb
# sudo dpkg -i ftpd_0.17-21_i386.deb
# sudo /etc/init.d/inetd restart
