On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:08:48 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin Mark writes:
> > Debian                        Ubuntu
> > ...
> > ...
> > has UNIX root user            has regular users use a SUDO-like interface
> 
> This makes no sense.  Debian provides sudo and Ubuntu must have a "UNIX
> root user".

first user account as admin rights (via sudo). there is a root user,
but it is locked out by default. it's enabled simply by setting a
password for it: sudo passwd root

however, you can get into a root shell without enabling the root
account with: sudo -H -s

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/root


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