Ubuntu newbe password question ?

[ubuntu at pusspaws.net]

On Saturday 24 September 2005 20:36, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> On za, 2005-09-24 at 20:04 +0100, ubuntu at pusspaws.net wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Have just installed KUbuntu on spare HDD, all has gone well & very
> > impressed but have a problem.
> >
> > I am still a bit thrown by the 'no root password' thing. I have made an
> > account 'dave' and given a password while the system installed.
> >
> > I can login using these details so I know they are correct. I can even
> > get a root shell with 'sudo bash' :) old habits die hard.
>
> That is very unsafe, use sudo -i for a root shell.

Thanks for that, 'sudo -i' works great - why is sudo bash so risky ?

>
> > However when I try to access cups via http://localhost:631/ it asks for
> > my name and password, I provide them and authentication fails. I only
> > have one name and password on the system.
>
> Cups needs a real password for the web administration, or you need to
> adduser cupsys shadow.
>
> > In addition if I start a terminal session, select the red root shell,
> > enter my root password the shell immediately dissapears.
>
> all menu entries use sudo and thus need your password and not a root
> password.

My error, when I said 'root password' I meant my normal 'dave' password. 
Entering this normal 'dave' password causes the app to apparently crash. 

dave