very basic about initial install

[Jayson Rowe]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Anna EdwARds <ash.1574 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  They opted to do this for securities sake. It is impossible to make a
> password for root because if there was one, it would make a hackers job
> easier because they wouldnt have to guess a username because root is on
> every unix base and like machine
>
> Anna - it's not "impossible" - just "not reccomended". If one must set a
root password:

$sudo passwd root

However, that would not solve the OP problem as he couldn't use 'sudo' due
to a problem resolving his hostname (which is still the oddest error I've
come across to date).

-- 
-jayson
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