andrei raevsky wrote: > Thanks for the link to the Ubuntu doc. This sudo thing is new to me, > but it seems to make sense, in particular that some stuff still seems > needs a root password (like stopping or killing a process).
No. Things that would ordinarily require a root password now require sudo (which only requires the user password). Try man sudo_root. You can of course still unlock the root account, but it isn't recommended (I still did it). > > Jay: > > Why should I copy the password hash and not just simply delete the > password as I did (which obviously did not work - but I wonder why it > did not)? I don't know the format of the password file, but I assume it does not allow for no password. Also, keep in mind the hash of "" is not "". Matthew Flaschen
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