Tony Vroon wrote: > roger vigar wrote: >> I have just installed Ubuntu 6.10. Nowhere in the install did it ask me >> to supply a root password. > > It is likely that Ubuntu expects you to use sudo instead of logging in > as root directly. If you want a root shell, you'd type: > sudo su - > > And enter your normal user password. > > Regards, > Tony V.
Or an even shorter way which will probably use only one copy of bash as opposed to 2... sudo -s HTH, Mark -- .~. Mark Brier - Open Source Tech Consultant / v \ mark AT openitup DOT org / lists AT openitup DOT org /( _ )\ PubKey - http://www.openitup.org/keys/markatopenitup.asc ^ ^ +44 (0)161 2422132 / +44 (0)7793 036840 _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
