On Saturday, 17 Sep 2005 10:10 pm, vikram ranade wrote:

> prompted me to define a regular user profile.....at no stage during the
> installation process was I ever prompted for the root password!

Yes, ubuntu doesnt believe creating a separate root user is worth the risk of 
it being compromised.

You can get your work done in two ways:
1. Use 'sudo command' to run a command with root priviledges.
2. Use 'sudo su -' to get a root shell.

All users who are part of the admin group can get their work done similarly.

- Sandip

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