Being root

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

Normally you don't run as root on Ubuntu or modern Unix variants. There are
several alternatives.

You could just sudo every command you do... like "sudo rm -rf /"
Or you could sudo a shell... like "sudo bash" and then you are effectively
root.

The good thing about sudo which is better than root is that it is audited.
So that's why modern operating systems don't use the super user, but prefer
the notion of roles.

Gilles.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM, bill <william at techservsys.com> wrote:

>  In unix I am used to logging on as root when I need to do a series of
> administrative tasks, aware of the danger.
> New to linux, I haven't found a way of logging on as root or su'ing to
> root. When I installed I did not enter a root password and that makes it
> difficult to log in.
>
> How does one set the root password, or is this never done ?
>
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