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[Mark Turner]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:08:10 +0100, sparkes <sparkes at westmids.biz> wrote:
> Ashley Barz wrote:
> > I really dont remember being asked to put in a
> > password for root, I do however remember being told
> > that my root account would be hidden.
> > Everything works and looks great, accept for the fact
> > that I can't use apt, because I don't know what my
> > password is, is there a standard Ubuntu password?
> 
> ubuntu uses sudo for running programs as root.  This is a FAQ so read
> the FAQ before you post next time ;-)
> 
> BTW how long before RTFM and STFW become accepted answers? lol  It's
> hard being so nice to people ;-)
> 
> sparkes
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If you gave the root account a password I belive you will still have
the sudo privilages, but root will be able to login and such.

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