Kubuntu experience

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

:-> "Brian" == Brian Astill <bastill at adam.com.au> writes:


    > sudo is dangerous and also awkward for anything other than an occasional 

You should tell us all why sudo would be more dangerous than having a
root login enabled. Please.

    > need.  I want to be able to log in as root and do a number of things at 
    > the same "sitting".  eg setting up a network can be a real nuisance if 
    > you have to sudo all the time - especially as one faces (in ububtu) a 
    > 15 minute time limit before you have to reaffirm your password.

you have at least two options that come to my mind to overcome this:

sudo bash
sudo -i

both will run a shell with root access. 


    > In any case this is linux, not Redmond_OS.  I should not be denied full 
    > access to my own system. 

As you insist, do once

sudo passwd

pick your password, and from now on you can use root as you have ever
done.

Have fun

Pf

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