Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

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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?

I used:
sudo passwd
(or maybe it was sudo passwd root)

and created a password for root and can use my root account on my Ubuntu
workstation just like I do the root account on any of my Debian
servers.



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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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