Password question.

[Steven Vollom]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2008, Steven Vollom wrote:
>   
>> So that you know and everyone in the world knows I need it my way, Here
>> is my password.  em  It is my youngest granddaughter's name, short for
>> Emma or Emmalie.  Now am I insecure enough.  I have done that because of
>> Kubuntu's insistance to not allow a Root terminal.
>>     
>
> Wrong.   You can have a root terminal very easily.  
>
> sudo passwd  root
> Enter password:  <enter your normal user passwd>
> Enter new password:  <enter a root password>
> Repeat new password:  <repeat the root passwod>
>
> You are done.
>
> from that point on, just issue   su -   and then enter the root password.
>
> People will yell at me/you for this, but we're not children.
>
>   
Dear Bruce,

Believe me when I say, all I want I believe is what I had in Feisty.

I am afraid you are going to be angry with me, but I still don't think 
you understand what I am trying to say.  Once I am in my system, which I 
would like protected at Login, I would like to click on an Icon that 
would say Root Terminal.  When that terminal appears on screen, I do not 
want to have to type in a password at all, just start typing at the 
prompt steven at Studio25:~#.  If I set a password at all, it would be 'em' 
like it is now, but that represents no security at all, so why have to 
type in any password at all.

You understand perfectly that I am willing to take responsibility for my 
actions, and that I am an admitted screw-up, so why do I need a password 
for a Root Shell, if I am already secured at Login? 

My security for not making a serious mistake is to have the two choices. 
1.  Shell  2.  Root Shell (no password).  That way anytime I use a 
terminal, if I accidentally open the wrong one, its color configuration 
will be my warning.

I cherish our new friendship so much I do not want to anger or frustrate 
you, so I will explain how I understand your reply.

First, I can change my Login password to 37 characters.  Then I set a 
password for root.  Is that what the above says?

That is not what I want.  I want all my security at Login.  I want no 
security once in my system.  I want my only security blanket against 
making a mistake, the choice of two terminals, but I do not want to have 
to log into either of them.  I just want them to be different enough so 
that when open they are obviously recognized by their color 
configuration to alert me is I have opened the wrong Shell.  Do you see 
the difference.  There is also the warning when you see # as opposed to $.

I can see right now, that if it can't be done the way I want, I can set 
up my computer so that my Login can be my secure password (37 digits), 
and if I have to have a password to enter Root, I can use my current 
'em' if one is needed.  That, however, seems as unnecessary, and the 
same as I have my system now.  But at least I will have system security 
at login and an easy Root Terminal login, if I have to have one.

I am so poor with words, that I will not try again, Bruce.  If you can, 
please forgive me this one last time.  I can see a way for me to have 
security and still be able to avoid the 37 digit security every time I 
enter root.

Hoping that I haven't screwed up my relationship with you, I close--------

Cheers! Caio Bello, and Cordially,  (I still don't know what Bello means.)

Steven