Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Hi All, > > Newbie Ubuntu-ite here. So far so good, although I > have a few questions, but one at a time. > > I've been a Mandrake/Mandriva user since I ditched > the dreaded MS four or five years ago. I just > thought I'd try Ubuntu (7.04) alongside my Mandriva > 2005 on my laptop. > > I'm used to the Mandriva way (as with most other > distros) of having a 'root' account and then all the > other 'user' accounts. The Ubuntu method of asking > for your 'user' password to then allow you to go off > and create system-wide mayhem is really not suitable > when you have curious kids. Again, typing 'sudo' and > being asked for your 'user' password doesn't strike > me as very secure. > > Is it easy to make Ubuntu behave in a similar fashion > to Mandriva and if so how? > > Regards, > > Andy Jenkins. >
I can't remember if there is a reason or not that the root account isn't normally used, although I know what you mean about being used to a root account. I've enabled my root account by typing the following on the command line... su passwd root I then choose a password. Hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
