[Wolves] finding my roots

[Steve Parkes]

Rob Annable wrote:
> So, like half the people in this list, I've got a new install of
> Ubuntu. There are a couple of things that I need to do that I don't
> seem to be able to and my first guess is that it's because I'm not
> logged in as root.
> 

hey Rob

the first user you create in Ubuntu (during the install) is on the 
sudoers list and can use sudo to 'become' root.

there is no root user as such but you can get a root shell by using 
'sudo /usr/sh' if you prefer a shell over sudoing each command

sparkes