root password...[ubuntu 5.10 installation issues]

[albi]

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:06:06 -0500
"Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp at ttlc.net> wrote:


> Thanks for the prompt reply Magnus If I understand you, all I need to
> do (since there is no way I'm switching all my habits from "su -" to
> "sudo" on my PERSONAL PC) is to:
> 
> 	1) log in as that said generic (and very temporary) user I fed
> 	   to the installer.
> 	2) open a terminal and do a '$ sudo /bin/bash'
> 	   (using that said generic logins password)
> 
> 	3) then using the sudo initialized  root permission shell do a
> 	   '# passwd root' to assign the root password I wanted to
> 	   give the installer in the 1st place.

yes

> 	4) reboot and see if I can now login as root to configure my
> 	   system. 

no need to reboot

> And if so do a '# echo " " > /etc/sudoers-file'
> 	   to eliminate any chance of sudo haunting me unless and
> until I myself decide to use it.

correct, although simply typing

> /etc/sudoers

is easier :-)

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