I find that using the default SUDO is worse then using a root logon. Fortunately, both UBUNTU and Fedora allow you to log in to gnome as root.
When I use root, it is mainly with Gnome for "mark-drag-drop/delete" of files, especially for easy cleanup of a subset of files in a directory or dragging files to the mounted backup drive. Sudo apt-get is one thing, File manipulation is another. I normally use synaptic / yumex rather then switching to the root logon. ------------------ Regards Mr. Leslie Leslie Satenstein mailto:[email protected] mailto [email protected] www.itbms.biz --- On Thu, 11/19/09, concepts <[email protected]> wrote: From: concepts <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MLUG] setuidv ARRRRRRRRRGGGGgggg! To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 11:04 PM > There is no root password on Ubuntu. You need to reboot in single user > mode if you wish to be root. The steps are here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode > > > Basicly, it's: > 1)Reboot > 2)Press ESC to see grub menu if it's hidden > 3)Select (Recovery) > 4)See r...@machine:~# prompt... you are now root with no X and limited > services > 5)Do what you have to do... > 6)Reboot > > There is also a LiveCD recovery method: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCdRecovery > > I strongly advise again setting a root password in Ubuntu, unless you > know what you are doing. But you can if you want to because it won't > break anything. > > David Montminy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > I was being ironic. I know there is no root password nor do I have the intention of having one. However, starting as root AND with the LiveCD has changed nothing at all. ALso Synaptic starts and then disappears... Oh woe is me. :-( André. -- Omnia quaecumque vultis ut faciant vobis homines et vos facite illis (Mt.: 7,12) _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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