Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
just at the boot screen ( GRUB ) add the word 'single' or 's' or 'S' to the line kernel /boot/vmlin... single you would be logged in as a root. then change the password and continue...!! On 9/17/05, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2005-09-17 23:38:13 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't 'sudo' ask for a root password? No. It asks for your own password. -- ams ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in -- o1p2e3n4g5l6 ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
On Sunday, 18 Sep 2005 12:57 pm, saleem ansari wrote: just at the boot screen ( GRUB ) add the word 'single' or 's' or 'S' to the line kernel /boot/vmlin... single you would be logged in as a root. then change the password and continue...!! In Ubuntu you dont need to go through all that! Just open up a terminal window and type 'sudo passwd', enter your *own* password, and specify the new root password at the prompt! - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya *Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
System--Administration--Users and Groups -Show all users and groups. ;-) for the console-phobic. - Vikram On 9/18/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, 18 Sep 2005 12:57 pm, saleem ansari wrote: In Ubuntu you dont need to go through all that! Just open up a terminal window and type 'sudo passwd', enter your *own* password, and specify the new root password at the prompt! - Sandip ome/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
It`s not the matter of console-phobic, console is the heart and soul and much easier and faster than any GUI On 9/18/05, vikram ranade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: System--Administration--Users and Groups -Show all users and groups. ;-) for the console-phobic. - Vikram -- Smooth Sea Never makes a Skilled Mariner Linux User #348873 http://gauravmishra.modblog.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
[ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
I just fired up the Ubuntu CD that was being distributed at the Freedel event at PHDCCI today and it all seemed to be working great during the install but then after the install was complete and I was anticipating a nice shiney logon screen, I got a white screen I figured...hey probably some xorg.conf messup.went into the console and tried to login as root and then realized that while the setup had prompted me to define a regular user profile.at no stage during the installation process was I ever prompted for the root password! so im stuck with a system with no Xand no way to edit xorg.conf any clue what could have gone wrong? Is there some default root passowrd that I need to know..?...or did i simpy goof up somewhere and pressed enter twice? (blank root password does not work so it could not have been something as simple as that). Clueless.. Any help appreciated. Thanks Vikram Ranade ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
On Saturday, 17 Sep 2005 10:10 pm, vikram ranade wrote: prompted me to define a regular user profile.at no stage during the installation process was I ever prompted for the root password! Yes, ubuntu doesnt believe creating a separate root user is worth the risk of it being compromised. You can get your work done in two ways: 1. Use 'sudo command' to run a command with root priviledges. 2. Use 'sudo su -' to get a root shell. All users who are part of the admin group can get their work done similarly. - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya *Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
got it! Thanks...I was seriously foxed for a while :-) - Vikram On 9/17/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, 17 Sep 2005 10:10 pm, vikram ranade wrote: prompted me to define a regular user profile.at no stage during the installation process was I ever prompted for the root password! Yes, ubuntu doesnt believe creating a separate root user is worth the risk of it being compromised. You can get your work done in two ways: 1. Use 'sudo command' to run a command with root priviledges. 2. Use 'sudo su -' to get a root shell. All users who are part of the admin group can get their work done similarly. - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home/Blog: http://www.sandipb.net/blog PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
Yes, ubuntu doesnt believe creating a separate root user is worth the risk of it being compromised. Wha? What the? 1. Use 'sudo command' to run a command with root priviledges. 2. Use 'sudo su -' to get a root shell. Doesn't 'sudo' ask for a root password? I got the following when I tried running sudo: --- BEGIN --- We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: --- END --- Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu CD from Freedel
At 2005-09-17 23:38:13 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't 'sudo' ask for a root password? No. It asks for your own password. -- ams ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
