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I installed Ubuntu recently. I set up 1 user and the password for that user and root were the same. However, the system would not allow me to install software or lots of other system tasks without me inputting the password in again. I have since changed the root password as I decided that I preferred a different password for root. On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 11:22 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > There have been some comments recently about helping people who are > perhaps considering moving over to Linux. Mostly the suggested version > of Linux is (k)ubuntu. Perhaps I have misunderstood something, but here > are my thoughts. > > 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 have always understood that one of the main advantages to Linux over > Windows is that normal users, not knowing the root password, cannot > cause any accidental (or malicious) damage to the system files. If this > is not the case with ubuntu then perhaps that is not a good version to > suggest. > > Or am I not understanding something? > > Neil Winchurst > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html