[Sussex] Another place called home

[Gareth Ablett]

David,

When ubuntu is installed root is blocked off preventing you from getting
access to it, its pretty simple to unlock but you will need to get the
details of the ubuntu site for that I can't remember it off the top of
my head.



Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chapman [mailto:linux-lists at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: 20 January 2005 4:22 pm
> To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Another place called home
> 
> On Thursday 20 January 2005 14:33, Angelo Servini wrote:
> > Ubuntu installed like a dream.
> >
> > Anybody else have any experience of installing / configuring / using
> > Ubuntu?
> 
> I installed it today. Every thing went fine till I needed to "su" and
it would
> not accept my root password. With SuSE this was down to the keyboard
mapping.
> 
> If it's not this then I need to reset the root password which I have
done
> before but can't remember how off the top of my head.
> 
> Still a job for tomorrow as I have to go to work now :-(
> 
> Don't for get Radio4 20:30Hrs "In Business" and after that is a
program about
> a Swedish patent clerk and his relatives ?
> 
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