[sclug] Ubuntu passwords

[John Stumbles]

Neil Haughton wrote:
> 
>>
>> But [k]ubunto doesn't _have_ a root password [wail!]
>>
>>
>> (What I actually want to do is change which users on this system are 
>> allowed to shutdown the system - can anyone upclue me on how to do that?)
>>
>  From my experiences with Ubuntu 5 (which I currently play with on my 
> dual-boot machine), I think your user password is your root password by 
> default.  Think Windows. :-)

             I try not to <shudder!>


> For what you want to do (which sounds like a multi-user set up), do you 
> really think this is the right distro to use? I get the impression that 
> is intended to be used as a single-user personal OS,  which is why root 
> has the same password as the first user. If that's the case and I have 
> not completely misunderstood, Debian 3.1 might be a better choice, 
> especially as Ubuntu is built on that so you'll get the more trad Unix 
> approach to multiple users and security, with basically the same distro 
> as underneath Ubuntu.

I'm happy with the setup that the first user is a sudoer/root-equivalent 
(since I'm the first user!). I want to be able to curb the privileges of 
other users. Is Debian radically different to [k]ubuntu in its security 
model then, or is it just that it has a normal root login?

-- 
John Stumbles