Ubuntu

I am using Ubuntu Karmic Koala Version 9.10 installed in a VMWARE on my Windows Lappie. My issue is that i am not able to spawn a korn shell with the ksh command that we generally use. Could someone help me out?

Most Linux distributions do not install the Korn Shell by default. You'll have to do that by running

Code:

sudo aptitude install ksh

from a terminal.

hi all!
I have tried the command that you replied, but for that its asking for the SU password which is not set as i am the superuser and didnot set the Su password. Could you help me out.

sudo isn't asking for the root password (which is something random by default in Ubuntu) but for your (the users) password.

Where can i find the default Su password in Ubuntu?

Again: by default the root user on Ubuntu is made unavailable by setting a random password. That's because the philosophy of Ubuntu is not to confuse the user with differentiating between a regular user and root.

For that reason, Ubuntu uses sudo instead of su for anything that requires administration privileges. sudo, by default, asks for the password of the user trying to run a command, instead of the password of the user you're trying to run as. So if you're logged in as user 'bdiwakarteja', sudo will ask for the password of the user 'bdiwakarteja', not for the root password.

i tried the command

Code:

sudo apt-get install ksh

i received the error: