Mostly everything set up

Senectus . senectus at gmail.com
Tue Feb 15 04:42:37 UTC 2005


On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:27:49 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard
<cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I've got Ubuntu all installed with an intact /home from Libranet and
> have DLed most everything I normally use /but/ can't seem to set the
> root password.  I am no fan of sudo, thinking that it is an added
> insecurity, and  would like to just have and use my root password as
> necessary.  Did I miss something in the install?  Besides, now webmin
> won't allow me in. Help, Humans!  Must I re-install?

sudo passwd root

then enter your normal user passwrd, then your new root password :-)

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