> # sudo passwd root > > Afterwhich, you can start using the root user via "su". Ubuntu was > targetted for the average Joe Sixpack who wants to start using Linux > as soon as possible. I dont see the current way in switching to root > be much of a problem :).
Your suggestion, as well as all the other suggestions I'm getting, I'm putting into a document so that, if I run into a situation where I need root access again, I have the info at my fingertips. Besides yours, there are a couple of other avenues that have been shown to me, including one to run as root with a full GUI (I would want to make that a seperate ID, though, with its own desktop. SuSE 10.0 on my primary computer, if you run as root with a GUI, the wallpaper changes to bright red with time bombs all over it. Now THAT'S a reminder not to get stupid!). So, if I ever need to do the stick shift of Linux administration, I appear to have plenty of options, and the extra hoops reallu aren't that much trouble. I guess unfamiliarity got me. That other poster might be right -- I think I have spent to much time with bogus distros (I understand 10.1 was horrible with package management, and after the M$ deal, you couldn't get me to try OpenSuSE if you offered me free pizza for a year). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
