On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Carlos Konstanski wrote: > Now you know why I poo-poo Ubuntu. I hate the whole let's-hide-root > thing.
Carlos, I'm not fond of it either. But, I can see the value for many (if not most) users. > Try "sudo bash" to get a real root shell. If that works, do a "passwd" > to set root's password. Hoo-ha! That worked. I was unaware of the 'sudo bash' trick. How useful! Thanks, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug