no root account ubuntu?

[Mr Chris Aitken]

ijaaz-UwkSZrAjFfdkDLQDXwjzI9BPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Couldn't you:
> Sudo su -
> Passwd 
>
> And then log in as root?
>   

Now why didn't I think of that. It does work, albeit from an older 
ubuntu (2.6.24-27-generic). I'll try it on the PC with the newest ubuntu 
tomorrow.

Claiming the powers of root to change the password for root. That's 
thinking outside the box.

Thanks,

Chris

> ------Original Message------
> From: James Knott
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> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: no root account ubuntu?
> Sent: Jul 30, 2010 6:10 PM
>
> 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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