for everyone whose sick of sudo read this

[Serg Belokamen]

I think this topic is getting a tad overdone dont you think?

Root password is not there to avoid root logins which are a security risk. 

When you are in the shell as a normal user (your self) you can always
enter root shell by typing `sudo su`.  When I do a lot of admin work
thats what I do, since I don't like typying sudo 100 times a day
before each command. However I see 1000's of brute force attempts on
root and some other common accounts so hence one of the applications
of the disabling root login.

Its a matter of preference (I agree with current choise), if you dont
like it you can always set a root password and be done with it.

Simple! 

Move on fellas.


   Serg
On 01/07/05, Christoph Georgi <christoph.georgi at web.de> wrote:
> Why not just using 'sudo -s'?
> 
> christoph
> 
> Ed Fletcher wrote:
> > Chanchao wrote:
> > ~ > I actually never understood this problem because in the Application
> > | menu, under 'System Tools' there is "Root Terminal" is there not?  So I
> > | don't understand everyone who says that root is disabled?  (Or perhaps I
> > | enabled it early on without thinking and now I can't remember anymore..?)
> >
> > I've got this in my menu also so it must be there by default.
> >
> > | Also 'su' just works for me..  The only problem really is with the
> > | regular windows where you move and copy files.  Because the whole
> > | environemtn doesn't run as root this whole file management business is a
> > | bit of a toy / joke really.
> >
> > Not sure if I understand you here.
> >
> > "sudo su" will give you root in a terminal without setting the root
> > environment variables.  You will see that you are still in whatever
> > directory you were in before.
> >
> > "sudo su -" will also give you root in a terminal but the environment
> > variables are set and you will see that you are also placed in the /root
> > directory, which is your home directory when root.
> >
> > "sudo nautilus" will give you a graphical file utility with root
> > capabilities.  (Be very careful with this one.)
> >
> > Ed
> > --
> > Ed Fletcher
> > ed at fletcher.ca
> >
> > What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
> > whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
> > or the holy name of liberty or democracy?  -  Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
> >
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