no root account ubuntu?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, ijaaz-UwkSZrAjFfdkDLQDXwjzI9BPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org wrote:

> Couldn't you:
> Sudo su -
> Passwd
>
> And then log in as root?

    That *is* logging in a root.

    The best thing to do is:

sudo passwd

    Then enter a password.

    The only difference between Ubuntu and other distros (or an Unix)
    is that they do not give a password to the root account.

    Once you give root a password, there is no difference from other
    distros.

> ------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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