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Good Morning and Thank You<br>
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Mark Riedesel wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><!---->I've gotten used to using sudo so I don't bother setting a password
for the root user, or just `sudo su` to switch to root. But if you
want the root account to have a password, you can set one for root
using:sudo passwd root
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Do you mean that I can use the command "sudo su" and I will be logged
in at the "root" user? If so, that is all I really want to be able to
do. I thought I would have to actually go through the log in screen to
get there. I would have to log out and then log in as root.
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Does Ubuntu have some weird graphical app for setting the root password?</pre>
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In Ubuntu I would go to System > Preferences > Control Center
> Login Window > Security and set "Allow Local System
Administrator Login". Then make sure the "Permissions" were set to
"Allow Login if group write ..." was set. After that I went to a
terminal and used "sudo passwd root". Then I could log in a "root"
from the log in window. If I can just use "sudo su" and accomplish the
same thing I wouldn't have to load Ubuntu.<br>
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Thanks again.<br>
Bob Jones<br>
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