user(s) question

[NoOp]

On 09/27/2010 03:52 PM, rikona wrote:
> Hello Tim,
> 
> Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3:55:28 PM, Tim wrote:
> 
> TH> 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?
>>> 
> 
> TH> One thing you might want to do is to get a full root account going.  
> 
> TH> sudo passwd root 
> 
> TH> You'll be prompted first for your login password, then a root password, then a
> TH> confirmation.  After that you can log in as root, with a desktop and 
> TH> everything.  
> 
> TH> http://happylinuxthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-do-i-get-root-access-in-
> TH> ubuntu.html
> 
> This has come up in an earlier response. It is not recommended by UB,
> but it is probably OK if you have a very good password, and don't use
> it unless you really need it.
> 
> Thanks for the help...
> 

This might be of interest/use:
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/226249>
[Changing main username/home/groups]
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