Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>
>> No, by default, you cannot log in as root, because on Ubuntu, the root
>> account is disabled for improved security. To get a root shell, do
>> "sudo -s" and use *your own* password.
>>
>
> I think you mean "sudo -i".

You may very well think that, but I did not; I meant "sudo -s".

On reading the man page, I see what -i does and I will try to remember
it, should I ever need that behaviour, but -s is the one I use daily.

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