-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I totally agree with Robert on this one; I believe Ubuntu sets up the first account that is created with sudo access. If you install the distro then you definitely have the root password. Sudo is from BSD(under BSD license also), it was not created by Ubuntu. I was using sudo on FreeBSD well before Ubuntu was even on the radar. I also used sudo on OSX before Ubuntu was around...root is root.
There is no gray area when it comes to privileges...either you can read or execute files or not. If you can read a file owned by root by using sudo, then you are obviously root. Bryan Robert Citek wrote: | On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>> $ sudo su - |>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# id |>> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) |>> |>> I've become root in ubuntu. |> Yeah, that's not really the same as true root. | | Define "true root". That is, provide a functional test which | distinguishes how this differs from what you call "true root". | | Regards, | - Robert | | | - -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkltEQACgkQh+MLjl5SKYTZeACdE3KArtNNcawwYOPM8//GAa82 odIAn0Ebq37htvuSDP5UXQDMGWQTG6+k =C+63 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
