--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > You use root in Ubuntu using sudo. There is no separate root password or a > root user. To use it, you use the command sudo before the operation such as > 'sudo nautilus' will open the file manager as root or 'sudo apt-get update' > to update your package list. You always use sudo before the command for > anything requiring root access. You will only be asked for the password the > first time, though. You can use 'sudo su' to switch to root and then not > bother with sudo anymore (for that terminal session). You will get the > traditional # to show you are root instead of the $ used in sudo. > > Let us know if the password problem continues. That can be fixed too. >
sudo su? Why not sudo -s? sudo su sounds too much like a Phil Collins song for my tastes. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
