admin authorization for management

[Pastor JW]

On Sunday 19 July 2009 10:46:33 am Charles Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If I run the update-manager or other graphics front-end for apt-get, I'm
> prompted to enter my own password. 

If you were the installing person that is exactly what it is supposed to do.  
Ubuntu gives only the original user admin privileges by default in order to 
use the sudo system.

> I'd like to have to enter the root 
> password instead

Ubuntu has the root password locked out by default,  See 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for additional info.  However, if 
you DO enable the root password you will find quite a few things no longer 
able to work correctly so make sure you understand how to get it back into 
the proper password locked out mode or you will always have trouble trying to 
update and an upgrade will likely have to be a complete reinstall, which will 
of course fix sudo the way it is supposed to be.  





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