What is the (initial) root password for Ubuntu on Nexus 7?

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Is it possible to install anything on nexus 7' Ubuntu? I installed Ubuntu, booted, but there's only default admin account.

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 26 '12 at 21:51

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It's ubuntu

You can find more info here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/UsingTheDevice

For more information about this, check out: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/

edited Oct 26 '12 at 21:51

Jorge Castro

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answered Oct 26 '12 at 21:34

Gjermund Bjaanes

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Ubuntu offers Sudo access. – bkerensa Oct 26 '12 at 22:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '12 at 19:01

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As per the wiki link bjaanes sent you:

sudo password

The default sudo password is ubuntu.

answered Oct 30 '12 at 19:01

bioShark

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 21:24

I haven't tested this, but as a rule of thumb Ubuntu never lets you log in as root. To "become" root, run "sudo su" in a terminal and enter your user's password -- I assume it let you configure this? If not, then I really don't know. I would like to test Ubuntu for Nexus 7 at some point.

What is the (initial) root password for Ubuntu on Nexus 7?

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