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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Henk<br>
This info helps me<br>
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This is a VM l am planning to create in my windows laptop for Java
development<br>
<br>
I dont care about the root risks I use a snapshot of the
installation of my LinuxVM so any damages made by virus or hacker
get overridden every time l start this Linux<br>
Thanks for the info now l know how to set Root password<br>
<br>
The problem I have is when you do Ubuntu updates it clobbers out
your Sun Java then I have to re-install my sun Java<br>
And that becomes a hassle<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards
Nico Michael
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On 2012-09-09 10:25, Henk Joubert wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CADTkUVNJZte-qVYjvPtMAud3WGNqGhxfc30z4q2Vv1tfCs7Rww@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">You could try sudo -i to get root privileges with your
account for a session. You should then be able to set a root
password using "passwd root", but I would advise against doing
this on any machine that is somehow accessible by others. I can't
remember what the root users default home directory is, but it's
probably / or /root in ubuntu, you can change it in /etc/passwd [<a
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href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/</a>].<br>
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has instructions for installing Sun Java that seem rather
straightforward.<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi there <br>
<br>
<b>I need to work as root user </b><br>
I need to enable the root user and set the root user
password in my Ubuntu workstation in a VM <br>
I could do sudu su but I need to login with full root as the
root user<br>
<br>
<b>This is in a VM and risks mitigated</b><br>
Regarding risks this is a VM so I will make an image in the
VMware server to recover from damage.<br>
<br>
<b>How do I set root password</b><br>
I know is solaris you would use a passwd command to set the
root user's password<br>
<br>
<b>What is root home directory</b><br>
I also know in solaris the root users home directory in not
/home/root what is it in Ubuntu Linux?<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>The root or sudo user cant see programs pathed for
non-root users how do I fix that</b><br>
Also I have seen certain program ran when you logged in as
non-root user which did not get pathed and did not run on a
Centos Server when you logged in as root<br>
<br>
<b>I need to run Sun Java not the non-industry non-standard
Java Ubuntu provides</b><br>
One of the problems all professional Java developers have
with Ubuntu is we need to use the Industry standard so our
programs work Ubuntu tends to install its own "Non-Industry
non-standard" Java<br>
Which we always have to remove and then it becommes a
mission to get Sun java to work <br>
<br>
<b>To get Sun Java running on Ubuntu</b><br>
I remove the "Ubuntu supplied non-standard Java" then I edit
/etc/profile and add
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.0.0.30 and then export
JAVA_HOME<br>
<br>
<b>Java does not run as the sudo or root user</b><br>
This works when I run java
-version I get the right version of
Java<br>
how ever when I run sudo java -version It
cant find Java<br>
<br>
which file and or older do you put path information so the
Root or SUDO user can find the Java ?<br>
<br>
<br>
Please advise<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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