On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 15:53 -0500, Default User wrote:
> Gee, I hate to ask another question, but -
>
> During an Etch install, it asks if I want to allow root logins. If not,
> no root account is set up (I guess as a security measure), and all admin
> access is done by sudo. Now I normally do almost all admin work as
> sudo, but is there a downside to not having an actual root account.
> That is, might there be instances when something really should (or must)
> be done in a real root account (not sudo), and with no root account, the
> user is "hung up"?
Not recommended, but possible:
sudo su -
or if X is needed:
sudo sux -
Make sure you "sudo aptitude install sux" for the second one.
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