Question on the "superuser"

[Owen Townend]

On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 20:35 +0800, lu sy wrote:
> Hi 
>  
> During the installation of ubuntu, i was asked to set my username and
> password. Does this mean that this is the password for the
> "superuser"? 
>  
> Every time I log in using this username and password, does this make
> me the superuser? Does this mean that when i am in the Terminal, i am
> already at the "root" ?
>  
> I am the only person using this computer.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> bakut
>  
>  
> 
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Hey,
  The username and password you gave were not for the super user. They
are for an ordinary user account. Ubunt uses `sudo` (super-user do) to
allow you to have superuser access when it is needed. For example if you
go to open an administrative task from the menu it will ask for a
password, this is to allow that task to run as the superuser.

cheers,
Owen.