On Saturday 04 November 2006 07:37, Geoffrey wrote:
My last foray into *ubuntu scared me away when I found you could:
sudo passwd root
As any user and set the root password.
Yes, Ubuntu's odd submerging of the root account takes a bit of getting used to. I always have to set root password so that there is access to the root account because otherwise its just SO WRONG... But, you misunderstand part of the process. Its only the first account that has the ability to sudo things unless that account (or root) adds the other people to the admin group. Example: kjh@kubuntu:~$ sudo passwd root kjh is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Since kjh was not the first user created at install, that account was not added to the group admin, and therefore cant' do squat. So you see its somewhat better thought out than it first seems. Its designed so that Ma (but not Pa) Polyester can do the routine maintenance tasks without having to log out and log in as someone else. Personally, I'm not convinced its that great of a scheme, but it does seem to work for day to day tasks. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen