Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian
- From: cls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:07:33 -0700
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In article <8XYlu-2Yr-13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 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?
It's basically the live CD copied to hard drive until you
lock it down. You get a root shell by going
sudo su -
Same as Knoppix. Seems like the opposite of how sudo is
supposed to be used. I think the idea is if you had enough
(physical) access to boot the live CD, you can be root anyway.
My objection is a whole lot of people are gonna grow up
thinking sudo is supposed to be like that.
I used:
sudo passwd
(or maybe it was sudo passwd root)
That's what you're supposed to do before you expose it
to the net.
Cameron
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