Ok, I now understand that this is another security feature, not a bug. In earlier Ubuntu releases (not sure which) I was able to activate the superuser root account by giving it a known password. That has changed, which is fine, I guess.
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 07:16 +0000, Saïvann Carignan wrote: > Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution. > > This behavior is normal for Linux Ubuntu since it doesn't use root > account. If you want to get administrative privilege in Linux Ubuntu, > all you need to do is to login inside a account that has administrative > rights and then type sudo before any terminal commands that require > administrative privilege, and gksu for any graphical programs that > require administrative privilege. This way to work is a bit different > from other Linux distribution which needs the root account in order to > have administrative rights, but sudo and root are probably both very > secure. > > For more information : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > I set the status of this bug to invalid. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Invalid > -- [Hardy 8.04 alpha-2 root privileges] Root has no privileges. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
