Summary: What is the password needed to get superuser privileges with the 'su' command in Canonical's Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Desktop Virtual Appliance? I am an almost total newbie to Linux. Yesterday I downloaded Canonical's Virtual Appliance for Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Desktop. When I booted the VM for the first time, the status line of Parallels Desktop 8 said "Parallels Tools is outdated". PD8's Help facility said, I was able to do the first three steps ok, but when I got to Terminal and typed 'su', Terminal asked me for a password. I was logged in as user parallels with administrative privileges and had previously set that user's login password. I tried typing parallel's login password as the superuser password, but got back the error message 'Authentication failure'. I also tried just hitting the [Enter] key, but got the same Authentication failure error message: In the meantime, I have discovered a workaround using the 'sudo ./install' command. However, for future use of the 'su' command, I wonder what is the password on Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Virtual Appliance? Thanks, LincolnB Host config: 17-inch, Late 2011 MacBook Pro 8,3 with 8 Gb RAM, running OS X 10.7.5 Lion and Parallels Desktop 8. Guest config: Canonical's Virtual Appliance for 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Desktop
