undo sudo

[Karl Larsen]

Pastor JW wrote:
> Is there some way to get rid of that useless sudo command and get root back?  
> This is making Ubuntu about as useless for the user as windoze.  Why is there 
> all this fear that a user might actually be able to use his own computer?   
> It  is called a "Personal Computer" and is becoming anything but, complete 
> with noisy bandwasting religious wars over how to better keep the power of 
> the computer away from its owner.  Reminds me of the buggy whip makers 
> arguments against the manufacturing of the automobile.  
>
>   
    Of course there is. I have a root password on this Ubuntu and I 
seldom use it. I'm convinced you can be a command-line person as I am, 
and live with sudo. What you don't know because you didn't read all of 
man sudo, is that the first sudo requires your password. All others for 
around 15 minutes from the last one do NOT require a new passord.

    Now if you still want a root password you can have one. There are 
several ways to do it. Look at System Administration Users and Groups.

Karl


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