got it! Thanks...I was seriously foxed for a while :-) - Vikram On 9/17/05, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog > > PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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