[Klug-general] This sudo thingy in Kubuntu

George Prowse george.prowse at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 19:49:14 UTC 2009


Peter Childs wrote:
> I hope you will find that root login is disabled on nearly every login
> prompt around whether that be KDM, GDM, XDM, ssh etc etc etc on most
> of the distros If need to login as root which is NOT advised on any
> system (including Windows). Its should only be for doing admin and the
> LOG STRAIGHT OUT and back in as a user.
>
> Sudo is good as it stops lots of people from needing to know the root
> password, so you can keep your password private and never tell anyone
> what they are. Treat it as a prefix just add the word sudo to the
> beginning of every line, it will only ask you your password once.
>
> Peter.
The funny thing is that for as long as I can remember i've always kept a 
root terminal open. When I have no gui I have the same on a console



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