About root or administrative account

[Wei-Yee Chan]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> You're not taking my point.  I didn't say Redhat uses the same approach as
> Ubuntu, but it _does_ provide sudo.  I didn't say Redhat disables root, but
> that I couldn't tell you whether my system has an enabled root.  This is
> precisely because I didn't install the base system and couldn't now (I
> administer it, but I have no physical access to the system).  I was never
> given the root password if it exists, and have no need for it.
>   
Well, fair enough.  I had thought that U were the one who installed the
OS.  Yes, sudo is indeed in their main repositories.

Regards,

Wei-Yee Chan
http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com


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