I cannot login in after a fresh install, don't know root password, and it never asked me to create a user

Tim Holmes tholmes at mcaschool.net
Thu Aug 4 18:09:56 UTC 2005



Timothy A. Holmes
 
IT Manager / Webmaster / Science Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
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Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
Esther 4:14
> NO!  The whole point is to _not_ have a root password. I just don't
> understand why this is such a difficult concept.
> --
> derek
> 
> 
[Tim Holmes] 

Its not so much difficult, as it is STUPID.  I like Ubuntu, I use
Ubuntu, but I tell you what, that one thing (lack of easy normal root
access) nearly cost the distro a user,  that has to be the most inane
idea in the entirety of the unix/linux world. I use linux to make things
easier, not harder, and having to type extra commands to do my normal
administrator work is NOT what I call easier -- it annoying, clunky and
a generally BAD idea.

OK -- sorry -- rant over  ---- LOL


If the user has the root password, he/she should have enough smarts to
not go screwing stuff up.  If the person does not need the root
password, don't give it to them, but don't cripple the distro for the
rest of us -- Setting the root password is the first thing I do on a new
Ubuntu install

TIM






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