Authentication failure??
andy baxter
andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Sun Jan 13 16:56:00 UTC 2008
Sean Carolan wrote:
>> When I try to use my password with su in the terminal
>> I get an authentication error. This is the same
>> password I log in with when I start the computer, I've
>> always used the same password...
>> What's my problem?
>>
>
> Ubuntu's root user has no password by default. This is a good
> thing(tm), IMHO. Here's how you can become root on an Ubuntu system:
>
> $ sudo /bin/su - root
>
> Enter your normal user password and you'll have a root shell.
>
>
What are the reasons for doing it this way? If sudo is set up so you can
do everything through it, how is this different / less risky in practice
from having a normal root account with a separate password? (Apart from
there being one less password to remember).
andy.
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