problems with resolution settings and sudo

[Wouter Stomp]

On 7/14/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:53:28PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote:
> >On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, saum wrote:
> >
> >Hello Saum,
> >
> >>can anyone tell me how to log into the UBUNTU 5.04 as root, i am
> >>unable to log in as root.
> 
> <tongue-in-cheek>
> Given how often that question comes up it might be worth looking into
> ways of preventing it. A page on the Wiki doesn't seem to be enough.
> Possible solutions:
> 
>  - Default background picture that contains, in large letters, the text
>    "Wan't root? Use 'sudo'! See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo"
> 
>  - On first login of admin user throw up a browser that displays
>    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo
> 
>  - On first login of admin user throw up yelp with a page describing, in
>    detail, how to use sudo.
> 
>  - On install don't progress to the stage where the system is rebooted
>    into the freshly installed system until the person installing has
>    completed a few multiple choice questions, possibly also a short
>    essay, on the root/sudo topic.
> </tongue-in-cheek>

Wouldn't it be possible to show a message telling you all about sudo
when you try to login as root?

Wouter.