Clyde Forrester wrote:
> I am proceeding on the principle that sudo is in place for a security
> reason. If I am doing an end run around all this sudoing then I'm doing
> an end run around security. Sure, sometimes there's a reason to do that,
> but I'm not that good yet. Thanks for the tip for when I am that good.
> For now I want to develop good habits.
>
> I am quite comfortable with using a system which incessantly and
> unerringly reminds me every #*$%ing time I need to use superuser
> privileges that I'm wielding terrible power. I'm a bit of a space cadet
> and as you say: "... one little slip ...".
>
> Clyde Forrester
>
> Alan Lord wrote:
>
>> Clyde Forrester wrote:
>> <snip />
>>
>>
>>> Now the pickiness. In part 2.3 I'm guessing I should be root when making
>>> partitions. Maybe I missed it. It doesn't seem to say. Of course I can
>>> never really be root. I have to sudo wherever it is appropriate.
>>>
>>>
>> That's not actually true...
>>
>> Open a terminal and type:
>>
>> sudo passwd root
>>
>> You will then need to enter your password first, then you will be
>> prompted to enter a password (for root) twice.
>>
>> Once that is done, you can just type "su" and you will become "root".
>>
>> If you are not entirely sure what your are doing, I probably wouldn't
>> recommend this though, as one little slip, e.g. rm -r / could cause
>> disaster!!!!!
>>
>> <snip />
>>
>>
>>> Clyde Forrester
>>>
>>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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