Default root password

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:37:52 +0800
"Michael T. Richter" <ttmrichter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ubuntu is different from every other
> fucking operating system in existence in that it doesn't have a
> specialised adminstrator account (or at least attached privs) and
> instead has a special command to access administration privileges.

Mac OS-X uses the sudo model. As far as I can tell, it works just like
Ubuntu's.

In Ubuntu, for GUI tasks,, the user doesn't need to use "sudo" as such,
since (at least in theory <grin>), gksudo pops up and asks for the user's
password.

In addition, sudo is not at all new - it has been widely used in *nix for
many years.

I do agree, though, that the Ubuntu installer should have a BIG RED SCREEN
that no-one can miss, explaining sudo ;-) 

That would save us all a lot of repetitive answering... and help people to
understand what is going on.

Peter