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Re: [LUG] Converts to Linux

 

On Sep 30, 2006, Neil Winchurst was like:

> I have never tried ubuntu, but I have read a lot of reviews and
> comments about it and one of the surprises was that there is apparently
> no need to have  root password. 

I don't think it is quite like that. Ubuntu doesn't like you having a
root password but you can do system things with sudo. I found this
annoying and it is easy to get round it so mine has a root password in
the usual way. Surely a user needs to do system things, eg to mount a
CD so you need something. The Ubuntu forum is full of queries about how
do I do this or that with sudo. 

Tony Sumner


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