[ubuntu-za] Root user in Ubuntu

[Nico Michael(iBurst)]

Thanks Henk
This info helps me

This is a VM l am planning to create in my windows laptop for Java 
development

I dont care about the root risks I use a snapshot of the installation of 
my LinuxVM so any damages made by virus or hacker get overridden every 
time l start this Linux
Thanks for the info now l know how to set Root password

The problem I have is when you do Ubuntu updates it clobbers out your 
Sun Java then I have to re-install my sun Java
And that becomes a hassle


Kind Regards

Nico Michael
http://www.arduino.org.za

On 2012-09-09 10:25, Henk Joubert wrote:
> You could try sudo -i to get root privileges with your account for a 
> session. You should then be able to set a root password using "passwd 
> root", but I would advise against doing this on any machine that is 
> somehow accessible by others. I can't remember what the root users 
> default home directory is, but it's probably / or /root in ubuntu, you 
> can change it in /etc/passwd 
> [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/understanding-etcpasswd-file-format/].
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java has instructions for installing 
> Sun Java that seem rather straightforward.
>
> On 9 September 2012 08:40, Nico Michael(iBurst) 
> <nick.michael at ptaisp.co.za <mailto:nick.michael at ptaisp.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Hi there
>
>     *I need to work as root user *
>     I need to enable the root user and set the root user password in
>     my Ubuntu workstation in a VM
>     I could do sudu su but I need to login with full root as the root user
>
>     *This is in a VM and risks mitigated*
>     Regarding risks this is a VM so I will make an image in the
>     VMware  server to recover from damage.
>
>     *How do I set root password*
>     I know is solaris you would use a passwd command to set the root
>     user's password
>
>     *What is root home directory*
>     I also know in solaris the root users home directory in not
>     /home/root   what is it in Ubuntu Linux?
>     *
>     **The root or sudo user cant see programs pathed for non-root
>     users how do I fix that*
>     Also I have seen certain program  ran when you logged in as
>     non-root user which  did not get pathed and did not run on a
>     Centos Server when you logged in as root
>
>     *I need to run Sun Java not the non-industry non-standard Java
>     Ubuntu provides*
>     One of the problems all professional Java developers have with
>     Ubuntu is we need to use the Industry standard so our programs
>     work Ubuntu tends to install its own "Non-Industry non-standard" Java
>     Which we always have to remove and then it becommes a mission to
>     get Sun java to work
>
>     *To get Sun Java running on Ubuntu*
>     I remove the "Ubuntu supplied non-standard Java" then I edit
>     /etc/profile and add JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.0.0.30 
>     and then export JAVA_HOME
>
>     *Java does not run as the sudo or root user*
>     This works when I run      java -version                      I
>     get the right version of Java
>     how ever when I run         sudo java -version            It cant
>     find Java
>
>      which file and or older do you put path information  so the Root
>     or SUDO user can find the Java ?
>
>
>     Please advise
>
>     -- 
>
>
>     Kind Regards
>
>     Nico Michael
>     http://www.arduino.org.za
>
>
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>
>


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Kind Regards

Nico Michael
http://www.arduino.org.za

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