[Discuss] Ubuntu 6.06 release party in Victoria

[Deryk Barker]

GEORGE FARRIS wrote:

>----- 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
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>>Thus spake Yves Bajard (netcfs at shaw.ca):
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>>>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.
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>>Becase ubuntu doesn't use a root password, it uses sudo instead.
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>>So any time a user wants to do a privileged function (s)he types in
>>the regular user password.
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>>Which works nicely *unless and until* you accidentally delete yourself
>>from the admin group.
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>>After which you are hooped...:-)
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>No because you can set the root password if you want to.
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>sudo bash
>passwd
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>done
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Yes, because *only* userids which are members of the admin group can run 
sudo at all. If you accidentally remove yourself from admin then you 
can't run suo...period.