no root account ubuntu?

ijaaz-UwkSZrAjFfdkDLQDXwjzI9BPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org ijaaz-UwkSZrAjFfdkDLQDXwjzI9BPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org
Fri Jul 30 22:13:20 UTC 2010


Couldn't you:
Sudo su -
Passwd 

And then log in as root?

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From: James Knott
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Subject: Re: [TLUG]: no root account ubuntu?
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Gary Layng wrote:
> I must be a little old-fashioned, or just a little old-fashioned paranoid.  I
> prefer having a Root password, notably different from my ordinary user
> password.
>    
What you can do, is set up an "admin" account as the first one and then 
whatever user accounts you wish.

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