[Discuss] Ubuntu 6.06 release party in Victoria

[GEORGE FARRIS]

----- Original Message -----
From: dbarker at turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:20 am
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Ubuntu 6.06 release party in Victoria

> 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...:-)

No because you can set the root password if you want to.

sudo bash
passwd

done


There really is no need to do this however.