root password...[ubuntu 5.10 installation issues]

Vram lamsokvr at xprt.net
Sun Dec 11 20:11:10 UTC 2005


On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 20:01 +0000, David Hart wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 02:40:05PM -0500, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
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> > It would appear that on Dec 11, Steve Vandegaer did say:
> > 
> > > you can use sudo before a command instead of using the root user.
> > 
> > Uggg! Don't want to use sudo. If I spend the time learning it, I won't
> > have time to finish configureing ubuntu before my VA is over and I don't
> > have the time to spend doing so...
> 
> What is there to learn?  If you can use sudo to reset the
> root password, you already know enough use sudo!
> 
> You may be pushed for time but at least wait to hear the arguments for
> and against the use of sudo.  If you haven't got enough time for that
> then, why on earth did you install Ubuntu in the first place?
> 

Let's everyone be HELPFUL..

Good luck with your new Ubuntu install!!!!!


Vram




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