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Post #204,583 by cwbrenn 4/24/05 6:24:40 PM Reply	Security feature? Basically it sets your su password to your account login. I don't see how this is any different from just logging in as root all the time... which I always thought was a bad thing. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #204,586 by Yendor 4/24/05 6:52:17 PM Reply	Here's what it does... It sets up a user account. It assumes that will be the primary user (but IIRC, it also lets you set up more than one user.) The root account is not disabled. The system sets you up as an "sudoer" (look in `/etc/sudoers`.) With that privilege, if you need to act as root for something (like upgrading packages), you are expected to `sudo su -`. Because you're a member in good standing of `sudoers`, you are required to type in your password. This way, the root password is never needed. Note: This works the same even on systems with a real root password -- users who are `sudoers` need to enter their own password to do a `sudo <anything>` -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #204,588 by cwbrenn 4/24/05 6:59:05 PM Reply	ohhhhh... thanks for explaining that That's interesting. I'd never heard of such a thing. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young

Ubuntu question... - (cwbrenn) - (11) - April 24, 2005, 05:26:19 PM EDT

My guess is that it assumes a primary user. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 05:54:28 PM EDT

Yeah, but - (cwbrenn) - April 24, 2005, 06:25:31 PM EDT

Main reason: Ideaology - (folkert) - (3) - April 24, 2005, 05:59:03 PM EDT

Security feature? - (cwbrenn) - (2) - April 24, 2005, 06:24:40 PM EDT

Here's what it does... - (Yendor) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 06:52:17 PM EDT

ohhhhh... thanks for explaining that - (cwbrenn) - April 24, 2005, 06:59:05 PM EDT

Re: Ubuntu question... - (dws) - (3) - April 24, 2005, 08:22:47 PM EDT

I'd recommend not doing this. - (pwhysall) - (2) - April 25, 2005, 07:26:40 AM EDT

A good point - (imric) - (1) - April 25, 2005, 08:21:34 AM EDT

sudo is really powerful - (pwhysall) - April 25, 2005, 08:23:41 AM EDT

Now that I've figured out that Sudo thing... - (cwbrenn) - April 25, 2005, 10:44:42 AM EDT

Sounds like a horse. Maybe it was.
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