On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> On 07/17/2014 08:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And a case of where not having a real root account is a PIMA. > if you have sudo permission, you can add a root account in about > a minute. sudo adduser root, then make sure root is in the > necessary > groups. > > Jon > Jon, I've yet to see an Ubuntu installation that does not already have a root account. Root is necessary to run most of the system processes. Under Ubuntu, the account usually comes with either the password locked, or with interactive logins disabled. Usually resetting the password will clear either case. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
