that darned ROOT problem

[Bo Grimes]

R.L. Reingard wrote:

>> Am 28.09.2005, 18:00 Uhr, schrieb Janne Jokitalo  
>> <janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net>:
>> have that first account that has sudo powers, and then create 
>> another  that can be logged in all the time so that it's open for 
>> everyone to use,
>> but restricts them from doing damage?
>> You don't have to do separate accounts for every one of your kids.
>> Just create _one_ another. That's two, grand total. Not a lot.
>> Think of that first account as root, and you have it.
>> What's the big problem?
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>
> right, thats the deal. i did same way, with one other account for 
> somebody  else.
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Sure, if you know in advance.  For 6 years my regular user name has been 
_______.  After installing Ubuntu, though, that username and password is 
admin, and I didn't know until the deed was done.  What I'll do now is 
create a new user, give it priviledge, then take my regular user off the 
sudo list.  Easy to fix, yes, but that doesn't mean it makes sense to do 
it that way.