[plug] ubuntu

[Senectus .]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:14:47 +0800, Timothy White <weirdo at tigris.org> wrote:
> 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..

At a guess you boot off a different live CD and chroot.. ?


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