root password

[Vram]

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 09:14 +1000, David wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 12:47:12PM -0400, MrKnisely wrote:
> > Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> > 
> > >1. sudo -i
> > >2. type in *your* password.
> > >3. you're root.
> > >
> > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo
> > >
> > >Ubuntu uses sudo (like many modern Unices, like Mac OS X). The stages
> > >you'll go through are the following:
> > >
> > >1. Confusion (current stage)
> > >2. Anger ("I'm not a child! Give me root account!")
> > >3. Denial (you'll create a root account by doing sudo passwd)
> > >4. Acceptance (Well, OK, I'll try it like this for a while.)
> > >5. Then you like it.
> > >
> > >Trust me on this one.
> > >
> > >-Eamonn
> 
> > Stuck in denial and will be for life.  When I want to be root, I want to 
> > be root.
> > 
> > Yes, "sudo su" "sudo -i"  and other methods work...  but I still like to 
> > BE root.
> > 
> > MrKnisely
> 
> I know this gets done to death and this email is probably noise, but here 
> goes anyway:
> 
> I can't see the problem for most people who are going to be using 
> terminals on a desktop. There is an option for a root terminal, so what's 
> the gripe? If you are using admin tools like networking, surely you want 
> password protection anyway.
> 
> I just set up my first Ubuntu server (easy! excellent!) and activating 
> root made sense to me there because virtually every command turned out to 
> need sudo and there was no gui to provide a root terminal.
> 
> Like many people here, I use Mac OSX regularly and the lack of a root 
> account is invisible. Most mac users don't even know what it is! Ubuntu is 
> really no different.
> 

Root forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Peace




Vram