Easy way/script to add another user like me?

[Michael V. De Palatis]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:17:35PM -0600, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> And I'm a living example of someone who HASN'T set up root on any of
> the Ubuntu systems I've installed. So far I have not found a single
> situation where I've needed it. Not that there isn't -- I know some
> folks feel like they have to have it, so of course it can always be
> added.

One other thing that can be done, although somewhat hackish, is
doing `sudo bash`. This will give you a root bash prompt, and is
practically the same thing as using su if there was a "real" root
account anyway :)

Mike