Administrative Tasks

[Dougie Richardson]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 08:43 +0100, Dean Sas wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Dougie Richardson
> <ddrichardson at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >  The "Using sudo at the command line" section says: "To use a root
> >  terminal, type sudo -i at the command line.". Ubuntu was designed not to
> >  utilise the Root account by default and as this information is in the
> >  Wiki (linked to from the first page of this section) I think it should
> >  be removed.
> 
> Wasn't the point of having a locked root password by default so that
> the users don't have to remember two passwords? I don't really see the
> problem with this.

No, it was to encourage users to elevate rights rather than simply
logging in as root all the time.

I might have it on its head though but the way I see it is to encourage
the use of the sudo command.

> sudo -s may be more to users expectations anyway.

There isn't a huge amount of difference in the default install between
the i or s switch as the shell variable is set to bash in the latter
anyway.

Cheers,
-- 
Dougie Richardson (http://lynxworks.eu)

"Well, then, " the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry,
and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and
wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."