ok On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Ravi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:03 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Lists. > > > How to create administorID and password or any alternative solution to > > overcome the problem noted below. In ubuntu, it appears there is no > > provision to create password for "root" or "administrator".whereas in > other > > distros there is provision to create password for "root". Since I newbie > to > > Ubuntu 8.04 I request valuable guidance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, for security in ubuntu, the use of sudo is preferred. root user is > > assigned random password, afaik. But if you want to set the password for > > root, that is very simple. > > $ sudo passwd root > > You can also do $ sudo su - and that will log you in as root . Again, > this is not the recommended way for doing things in Ubuntu - u should > use "sudo" . > > hth, > Sanjay > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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