Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[NoOp]

On 05/29/2010 07:52 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> 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.
> 

These might help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6188826&postcount=4