On 11/16/05, Philip Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometime Today, SM cobbled together some glyphs to say: > > >> Ubuntu 5.04 did not create a root password so it had to be > >> created by booting into recovery mode. Even then, in the user mode gui, > >> it does not accept the root password for admin utilities and says > >> 'password incorrect'. > > > > After an Ubuntu install, use sudo passwd root to change the root > > password as normal user. You can login to X as root by selecting the > > right option in Administration>>Login Screen Setup. > > That's bad advice. Ubuntu did not create a root password for a good > reason. You should NEVER log in as root. Ubuntu comes with sudo > preinstalled and set up. Learn to use it. > > Logging in to X as root? No, please don't.
Some people who are comfortable using root as a user might want to do what I suggested. I like it because you cannot use the autocomplete feature of the shell with sudo. And for god sake, how many times will you use sudo?!? And I know you shouldn't login to X as root. But if someone badly wants it and is ready to take a risk, they should know that they can! It might help people who work on RH and FC based servers which give several GUI tools which require root password. -- Regards, Sanket Medhi. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
