On Thursday 30 August 2007, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400 > > > > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> [snip] > >>> > >>>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just > >>>> semantics, there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be > >>>> used the same as a root account on any Debian release. The only > >>>> difference is it doesn't have a password on setup. > >>> > >>> You've GOT to be kidding... Right? Please? > >> > >> On Debian you enter the root pw at setup. You don't on Ubuntu, > >> but when I setup a new Ubuntu system, all I do is create a root > >> password w/ sudo and from then on it works like any other system > >> with a root account. > >> > >> Is that so surprising, or did I miss something? > > > > I think that Ron understands that the root account on Ubuntu is > > accessible by anyone without entering a password; I seem to recall > > (from posts to this list) that actually no one can access the > > Ubuntu root account until a password has been set for it. > > Not being able to access an account without a password is default > even for Debian, AFAIK. I have done this once, deleting the password > hash from an account in /etc/shadow, and then trying to login with > that user. Couldn't find a way, and actually used it as some form of > security. This is probably what happens in Ubuntu, too. > > Considering that the user has full sudo access and that the root > account actually exists, it should be no surprise that a 'sudo passwd > root' would give the user login access to the root account.
Yes. It was my mistake in how I was wording things. I was in a hurry and thinking about another email, so I wasn't specific about the issue of not being able to log in. I was just thinking about what I did that worked. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]