Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400
Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics,
> > > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as
> > > a root account on any Debian release. The only difference is it
> > > doesn't have a password on setup.
> >
> > You've GOT to be kidding... Right? Please?
>
> On Debian you enter the root pw at setup. You don't on Ubuntu, but when
> I setup a new Ubuntu system, all I do is create a root password w/ sudo
> and from then on it works like any other system with a root account.
>
> Is that so surprising, or did I miss something?
I think that Ron understands that the root account on Ubuntu is
accessible by anyone without entering a password; I seem to recall
(from posts to this list) that actually no one can access the Ubuntu
root account until a password has been set for it.
> Hal
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