Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Chris G]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 12:22:17PM -0500, Rashkae wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
> > I have just discovered another reason why I don't like sudo.
> > 
> 
> Well, ok, I like having a root account myself, for various reasons that
> need not be discussed here....
> 
> So, a quick sudo passwd root and I'm on my way happy as a pig in a
> support mailing list.
> 
> What is the point.. are you petitioning to change the way Ubuntu
> installer sets up admin accounts?  That 'debate' was settled years ago
> and will serve no purpose than to clutter this list.
> 
> Or were you just trolling for the sake of trolling?  (Damn, guess I got
> caught)
> 
I was just adding another 'vote' for moving away from Ubuntu's total
"sudo only" approach.  I'm probably fairly happy for the reasons that
Ubuntu makes it the *default* but there are setups and situations
where it isn't the best approach and I think Ubuntu should make it
easier to use a real root account.

If you look back you'll see I raised a problem I had with
services-admin (I think it was) not working at all when there is a
root account. (When you start it it asks for the user's account
password and, since it's not a sudo account, doesn't get the privilege
it needs)

-- 
Chris Green