On Being root....

[Larry Grover]

Rob Blomquist wrote:
> On Sunday 05 March 2006 6:19 am, Larry Grover so eloquently stated:
>> Rob Blomquist wrote:
> 
>> Ubuntu uses sudo by default.  Sudo is more flexible -- for example, if
>> you want to delegate different levels of authority in a multi-user
>> environment sudo is a good option -- but it probably isn't for everyone.
>>   You can enable root in Ubunut, if you decide you want to, but you
>> might want to give sudo a try first.
> 
> Yeah, but I would rather type my root password once, than sudo many times.

Sudo can do this.  Check out the -s and -i options for sudo.

>> Most of your questions about root/sudo in Ubuntu will probably be
>> answered here:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo
> Not exactly. Apparently root must not have a password for Adept to run. Why? 
> Seems pretty bogus to me.

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying about adept.  You can 
start adept from the command line by running 'kdesu adept', or start it 
from the menu.  Assigning a  password to the root account does not 
prevent adept from running -- at least, it didn't when I just tried it.

Regards,
Larry