On 2/3/21 4:38 PM, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 15:44:08 -0500 Kenneth Schneider <kschneider@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
I will repeat this until you understand it. YOU MUST USE THE USER NAME “ROOT” NOT YOUR USERNAME AND USE “ROOT’S” PASSWORD. Until you do this you will NEVER be able admin a *nix system. Certain operations on a Unix/Linux system require the credentials of almighty “root”. Accept this fact of life. Just for completeness (and probably best if you don't read this, Doug). There are some linux distros, most notably Ubuntu, where by default the root user is disabled and all admin is carried out using sudo. So neither the username 'root' nor that username's password are requird to administer the system. I read it. I looked at Ubuntu a long time ago and decided it wasn't for me. But they used to have some of the best tutorials--don't know if that's true anymore. --doug