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Re: [LUG] Admin password in Ubuntu NBR

 

On Tuesday 26 May 2009 07:46, trewornan wrote:
> --- On Mon, 25/5/09, Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Actually there is a root user in Ubuntu,
> > it just isn't available by default.
>
> I stand corrected - I thought I remembered creating one last time I had
> problems but maybe I'm mistaken.
When you install the first user you create has root privileges but the idea is 
not to call it root as that is perceived as a security risk - though not as 
great as MSCE stuck after someones name seems to be....
Tom te tom te tom


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