root password...[ubuntu 5.10 installation issues]

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Dec 11, Mike Bird did say:

> On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 16:29, Vram wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 21:17 -0200, Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote:
> > > You can also create the root account when you install ubuntu.
> > 
> > I don't remember seeing that option..
> 
> You have to run in expert mode to create a standard Linux install.
> We particularly recommend expert mode to non-expert sysadmins.
> 
> Running in naive mode creates an Ubuntuized installation which no
> naive sysadmin can figure out without reading the docs for a week.

Gosh don't I wish I'd read this before I did this install... At this
point would it really be worth trashing the current default "naive" mode
install in favor of doing a non-expert mode install in expert mode???

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