[plug] ubuntu

[Timothy White]

Senectus . wrote:

>The root password is not enabled in a default ubuntu install.
>Your asked to use sudo (which I'm getting used to using), and when it
>asks for the password, you use your normal user password.
>
>if like me you really feel lonely without the other account around you
>can drop to a shell and do the following:
>sudo passwd root
>(enter in the normal user password)
>Then it will ask for what you want to make the root password...
>
So if we don't set a root password, what happens if the computer fails
to boot and drops to single user mode? IIRC it prompts for root password
to do admin work..

Tim

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