You must be used to broken distros. That is how sudo is supposed to work. Using root's password requires giving your users root access. Configuring root properly allows you to give root permissions for a few specific commands for a limited group of users. Like letting users in wwwadmin group to run apachectl (and no other commands) via sudo. Without compromising your root account.
~Ryan On 3-Nov-08, at 9:15 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't believe this.... > > Folks, I found the reason I couldn't get the root password to work. > Turns out, gOS doesn't have a root password as I commonly understand > it. I thought I had selected a root password at some point when I > first got my Cloudbook, seeing as how I did do system updates. But > that was handled automatically. > > In case you either have gOS or know someone asking for your help, > here's what you do to get root access: > > Login as you normally would > > Use xterm and type: sudo su > > When asked for the password for your normal ID, type in your personal > password. > > Congratulations. You are now root. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
