[Eug-lug] unbuntu and admin

[Alan Crandall]

hello I am between jobs so have time to work on my Ubuntu install on my
tower and running into problem upgrading to 7.1  It tells another task
in running-apt-get-and to kill it but not sure how. I type in a console
kill apt-get but that does not work. If I want to just upgrade programs
I already have installed I get  run dpkg --configure -a which I have
tried several time by typing su and then my password which it does not
take ? I am the only user on this system and assumed that my password is
the same as su ? Also what is the login name for admin ? Is it admin or
root ? If I could login as admin, I think that would solve some of my
problem. Thanks !