Do we support enabling the root account?

[Eric Krieger]

I think that before or after removing it  the person that posted it 
should be contacted and our position on enabling the root account 
clarified to.  Rather than just removing the post.

Just my $0.02.

Eric


Connor Imes wrote:
> There was an update today to the RootSudo page [1] on the Community Docs 
> that added info on enabling the root account.  I believe this 
> circumvents Ubuntu's security model.
>
> I know on the forums we don't support enabling the root account for 
> login, and apparently this isn't allowed on IRC in #ubuntu either.  
> Granted, the information is available out there on the internet for 
> those who want to find it, but should be allowing this information on 
> our docs?  I don't believe so.  Just because information is available 
> somewhere, and something is possible, does not mean that we provide it.
>
> I think the info should be removed, there is already an explanation at 
> the top of the page as to why we use sudo and not root.  We can 
> certainly expand on this as needed.  If we take this approach, a more 
> official note should be added to the page telling users not to add info 
> on enabling the root account, and sign it as left by the Documentation 
> Team as official direction.  This page may need a bit of an overhaul, 
> which I would be happy to do with the team's approval.
>
> Comments?
>
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo?action=diff&rev1=114&rev2=115
>
> Cheers,
> -Connor
>
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