Being root

[Tony Baldwin]

Mark Syms wrote:
>> Message: 10
>> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:09:48 -0400
>> From: bill <william at TechServSys.com>
>> Subject: Being root
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
>> 	<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>> In unix I am used to logging on as root when I need to do a series of 
>> administrative tasks, aware of the danger.
>> New to linux, I haven't found a way of logging on as root or su'ing to 
>> root. When I installed I did not enter a root password and that makes it 
>> difficult to log in.
>>
>> How does one set the root password, or is this never done ?
> 
> In Ubuntu, this is never done. The first user that is added to the system
> (the one you created during install) is created as a member of the admin
> group and this group can use sudo to run anything as root.
> 
> 

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-34089.html
There is no root acct on ubuntu by default, but it can be created
(just as sudo can be enabled in other distros where su/root is the 
default, as I have done on my debian box).

/tony

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