On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Ubuntu users are expected to run root-level scripts/programs via sudo, > and > not use su *because there's no root account* -- while it's parent Debian > tends > to focus on using su more often than sudo. There are arguments as to > which is > "more secure", and I haven't seen a definitive conclusion on that. I am really just learning the Ubuntu ropes, but I wondered about that - particularly since I actually did su to root when playing around with the original post: jack@Dell-Dimension:~$ cat /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh jack@Dell-Dimension:~$ su - Password: root@Dell-Dimension:~# pwd /root root@Dell-Dimension:~# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) root@Dell-Dimension:~# Now - to be completely forthcoming, in order to do this I initially had to issue "sudo passwd root" and set the root password, but Ubuntu does appear to have a root UID. . Am I missing something here? JC
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