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
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