ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 31, Issue 35

R. Wood rw at ncf.ca
Fri Oct 26 17:41:09 UTC 2007


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Allegedly, on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 10:05:04AM -0700, Laurie Bell stated:
> When I go into terminal and type sudo apt etc.,it asks for password.
> I'm going in as a user,do I use the root password,or the user
> password?

Ubuntu chose a different method than traditional *nix re: gaining
superuser privileges.  For more info, see:
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
Raymond
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