On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:40:51PM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote: > I suppose not everyone can tell the difference between the root password on > MY computer as opposed to the others out there. > > I never said sudo asks for the root password...little recap: > "I get asked for the root password on my machine (vanilla ubuntu)." >
you just bragging you can get root on your own ubuntu? > That's my last line on the matter...don't have much time playing with > trolls...maybe another time... > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Georgi Guninski > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > the OP wrote "ROOT PASSWORD". i suppose many people can't tell the > > difference "ROOT PASSWORD" vs "SOMETHING ELSE". > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:16:43AM -0600, Laurelai Storm wrote: > > > Yeah but you know damn well what he meant, and thats my point smartass. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Georgi Guninski <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > on vanilla ubuntu 10.04 your command doesn't ask for the ROOT password, > > it > > > > asks for the password of the luser running "sudo". > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 04:45:50AM -0600, Laurelai Storm wrote: > > > > > try sudo su - root > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Georgi Guninski < > > [email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > can you give a reproducible testcase to try (i am confused by > > "user: > > > > > > root")? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:33:14AM +0100, Christian Sciberras > > wrote: > > > > > > > FYI I got asked for the root password (user: root, pass: > > *whatever*). > > > > > > > I don't expect you to know my machine better than I do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Georgi Guninski < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:43:31PM +0100, Christian Sciberras > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Oh, and for what it's worth, I get asked for the root > > password on > > > > my > > > > > > > > machine > > > > > > > > > (vanilla ubuntu). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FYI vanilla ubuntu doesn't set a root password (try to log in > > as > > > > root). > > > > > > > > i don't expect you to know advanced stuff like this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
