root password

[Willy Hamra]

2008/6/28 John Pierce <john.j35 at gmail.com>:

> > Sure.. Use it all the time. It's just that there are times *I* need to be
> root
> > to get things done and and sudo just doesn't get it.
> >
> > I've been hacking Unix since the mid 80's and Linux since 0.12 (early
> 1990's).
> > I understand the risks.
> >
> Then just enable the root account and set a password, then you can su
> - all you want.
>
> On my machine, the one I use all the time, I enabled the root account.
>  On the other machines in
> the house I have left it disabled.
>
> it is a much better practice to use the no root approach, i personally
never felt i need the root account, sudo does it all for me, and in the very
rare cases i need to do many things with root access, i simply "sudo su",
all the system would still be using my privileges and rights, only this
shell is running as root.
and in anyways, we are using kubuntu, and one of the main points that
distinguish *buntu from the rest of the distros is the "no root" approach,
it can be frustrating for people coming from other distros but thats the
*buntu way!

-- 
Woody Allen  - "I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when
it happens."
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