user(s) question

[Tim Hanson]

On Thursday, September 23, 2010 08:41:47 pm rikona wrote:
> When I set up Ub, it asked for a user name. It seems that that user
> has su privileges. I'd like to use that name as a non-su user for
> normal logins. If it was RRR, can I change it to RRRadmin, for
> example, keeping the same UserID and privileges, and add another
> non-su user named RRR? Or - is it better to just add RRRadmin as
> administrator, and set RRR as a normal user?
> 

One thing you might want to do is to get a full root account going.  

sudo passwd root 

You'll be prompted first for your login password, then a root password, then a 
confirmation.  After that you can log in as root, with a desktop and 
everything.  

http://happylinuxthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-do-i-get-root-access-in-
ubuntu.html