Ubuntu的sudo账户

By default, the superuser (root) account is disabled and doesn’t have any password. You can create one by running:

$ sudo passwd root

You will then be able to login as root by running su using this password.

As for chmod, the correct command would be:

$ chmod 777 -R foobs

You can also use:

$ sudo -i

to login as root using your password (without creating a root password as described above).