[ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account.

[Andrew Jenkins]

Matthew Wild wrote:
> ...or use the GUI... System->Administration->Users and Groups
> Right-click on the user (or make a new one), click the privileges tab, 
> and check or uncheck "Administer the system".
>
> HTH too,
>
> Matthew.
>
> On 8/4/07, *Neil Greenwood* <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com 
> <mailto:neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/08/07, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
>     <mailto:tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>> wrote:
>     > (On a technical front, the user name has to be a member of the admin
>     > group to be able to use sudo. Also, by editing /etc/sudoers you can
>     > control exactly which commands users can execute. For example,
>     if you
>     > wanted to let your kids shut the machine down, you could arrange
>     that
>     > without letting them do anything else.).
>
>     Just wanted to point out that you shouldn't edit /etc/sudoers
>     directly, but should use the visudo command to do it. It syntax-checks
>     the file you've edited before replacing the old /etc/sudoers, so sudo
>     won't break if you make a mistake.
>
>     This is especially useful since you'll need to use sudo to edit the
>     /etc/sudoers file (or use visudo).
>
>     It's also worth pointing out that, unlike the implication in the name,
>     it won't necessarily use vi to edit the file, but will respect your
>     EDITOR env. variable setting.
>
>     HTH
>     Hwyl,
>     Neil.
>
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Cheers guys.  I've had one too many tins of "pop" to digest all that info
this evening.  I'll have a look through it all tomorrow and probably end
up re-enabling my root account.  For now though I consider playing around
as 'root' while being 'under the influence' as bad as driving so I'll
leave well alone.

Regards,
Andy Jenkins.