user(s) question

[rikona]

Hello NoOp,

Monday, September 27, 2010, 4:42:54 PM, NoOp wrote:

N> On 09/27/2010 03:52 PM, rikona wrote:
>> Hello Tim,
>> 
>> Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3:55:28 PM, Tim wrote:
>> 
>> TH> On Thursday, September 23, 2010 08:41:47 pm rikona wrote:
>>>> When I set up Ub, it asked for a user name. It seems that that user
>>>> has su privileges. I'd like to use that name as a non-su user for
>>>> normal logins. If it was RRR, can I change it to RRRadmin, for
>>>> example, keeping the same UserID and privileges, and add another
>>>> non-su user named RRR? Or - is it better to just add RRRadmin as
>>>> administrator, and set RRR as a normal user?
>>>> 
>> 
>> TH> One thing you might want to do is to get a full root account going.  
>> 
>> TH> sudo passwd root 
>> 
>> TH> You'll be prompted first for your login password, then a root password, then a
>> TH> confirmation.  After that you can log in as root, with a desktop and 
>> TH> everything.  
>> 
>> TH> http://happylinuxthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-do-i-get-root-access-in-
>> TH> ubuntu.html
>> 
>> This has come up in an earlier response. It is not recommended by UB,
>> but it is probably OK if you have a very good password, and don't use
>> it unless you really need it.
>> 
>> Thanks for the help...
>> 

N> This might be of interest/use:
N> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/226249>
N> [Changing main username/home/groups]
N> Full thread:
N> <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/226249>

Thanks for the added info - not as easy, still. :-)

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 rikona