Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Liam Proven wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>>> No, by default, you cannot log in as root, because on Ubuntu, the root
>>> account is disabled for improved security. To get a root shell, do
>>> "sudo -s" and use *your own* password.
>>>
>> I think you mean "sudo -i".
> 
> You may very well think that, but I did not; I meant "sudo -s".
> 
> On reading the man page, I see what -i does and I will try to remember
> it, should I ever need that behaviour, but -s is the one I use daily.
> 

Well, now that I think about it, the PATH env var does already have all 
the directories that root would have if not more. Still suffering from 
the 'su' vs 'su -' mindset over here.