[Discuss] Ubuntu 6.06 release party in Victoria

[dbarker at turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca]

Thus spake Yves Bajard (netcfs at shaw.ca):
....
> Installing Ubunto was an easy task, except that an no point in the
> process did the installation DVD ask me to state my /root password.

Becase ubuntu doesn't use a root password, it uses sudo instead.

So any time a user wants to do a privileged function (s)he types in
the regular user password.

Which works nicely *unless and until* you accidentally delete yourself
from the admin group.

After which you are hooped...:-)
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