Yes, however, you typically have to be in the "sudoers" group or else it'll refuse to let you do that. If you know that admin password (if such exists) you can always "su -" to get root access, but that's equivalent to running "runas /user administrator 'cmd.exe'" You still have to know the root/admin password to get enhanced access either way. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Many distros still allow you to be root, although they discourage it. Yah, that particular argument is red herring. "sudo /path/to/shell" will get you a root shell, even on those distros that don't set-up a root account during install. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
