set up a root password

[Derek Broughton]

Girard Henri wrote:

>>From time to time this question is asked !
> It should be better to write it down on kubuntu or ubuntu doc

It's there on the wiki, in more than one place, but why would a new user be
any more likely to find it there?  The question is only asked by people who
never googled "Ubuntu root password"

> I don't like it though i am using it for few years now
> i like to decide myself what i have to do... open mind !!

And how has Ubuntu changed that?  If they'd default to having users use a
root account (bad juju) they'd still have made the default decision.  The
only difference is that you wouldn't be complaining because it would be the
decision you liked.  There _has_ to be a default, and Ubuntu's choice is
right for so many reasons.

> if you want to create a root passwd and work as root
> do this :

No matter how you feel about it, it's a really, REALLY, bad idea to tell
newbies how to do this before encouraging them to use the system as it was
initially setup.

> but if you break your linux one day don't complain :) lol

There's nothing to "lol" about there.  You've just suggested a brand new
user do something risky for no better reason than that you don't like the
way ubuntu does it.

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derek