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. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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