Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-07-02 Thread Zak B. Elep
"Taong Bahay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 6/28/07, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ubuntu isn't rootless, just that it doesn't have a login for root, >> which also means doing stuff like `su -` is moot. > > As JM pointed out sudo -i achieves nearly same functionality. So I'll > do j

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-30 Thread Taong Bahay
On 6/28/07, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu isn't rootless, just that it doesn't have a login for root, which > also means doing stuff like `su -` is moot. As JM pointed out sudo -i achieves nearly same functionality. So I'll do just that. __

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-30 Thread Taong Bahay
On 6/28/07, JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [1] Actually, it still does -- the account is disabled by default, and > no one can login directly as root. You can reenable the root account > by sudo'ing into root (sudo -i), then running passwd to set a > password. This is the funci

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-28 Thread Zak B. Elep
"Taong Bahay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I plan to install Ubuntu on a computer to be shared by two users. I > have not actually installed Ubuntu and used it only as rescue CD so I > don't know how the Ubuntu rootless system works in practice. Ubuntu isn't rootless, just that it doesn't have a

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-27 Thread Michael Tinsay
[plug] Ubuntu admin for many users I plan to install Ubuntu on a computer to be shared by two users. I have not actually installed Ubuntu and used it only as rescue CD so I don't know how the Ubuntu rootless system works in practice. Since there is no root how do I copy files between two n

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-27 Thread jan gestre
On 6/28/07, Taong Bahay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since there is no root how do I copy files between two normal users? We are using Ubuntu as workstations here in office, normal users can still copy files. With regards to root, it's not entirely true, you can still be root by issuing the

Re: [plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-27 Thread JM Ibanez
"Taong Bahay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I plan to install Ubuntu on a computer to be shared by two users. I > have not actually installed Ubuntu and used it only as rescue CD so I > don't know how the Ubuntu rootless system works in practice. If by "rootless" you mean Ubuntu has no root user[

[plug] Ubuntu admin for many users

2007-06-27 Thread Taong Bahay
I plan to install Ubuntu on a computer to be shared by two users. I have not actually installed Ubuntu and used it only as rescue CD so I don't know how the Ubuntu rootless system works in practice. Since there is no root how do I copy files between two normal users? I don't think sudo cp /home/ap