Install and post-install questions
Reto Bachmann-Gmuer
reto at gmuer.ch
Wed May 18 12:47:16 UTC 2005
Hello
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> 2. What is the default root password ? Cause by default is booting
> with the created guest account. Why doesn't start by default as root ?
> Where to change root password ? This mean that anyone can use root or
> what ?
No, nobody can log in as root, but the user you made is not a guest-user
but can do any root-task using sudo. e.g. "sudo /bin/bash" to start a
root-shell. you will have to enter the password of the user.
reto
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