>From: "Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: <slug@nks.net>
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Trying to start a Project
>Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:00:06 -0500
>
>I tried installing the ubunto 5.10 that came
>on a CD taped to the cover of Linux Format
>magazine. Want to try some of the edu. apps
>for Pat's sisters' kid that they offer on an
>accompanying CD.
>
>Interesting that you do not get to specify a
>root password, apparently one has to sudo
>whatever he wants to do as root. Is this
>a "bug or a feature" ?
>
>Did not seem to detect the sound device,
>this on a Dell GX1 with sound enabled
>in the bios. But not sure it isn't a h/w fault yet.
>
>- Bob
>
In Ubuntu, the root account is disabled by default for security. (It can
easily be enabled with "sudo passwd root".) Sudo access is granted for
anyone who is part of the "admin" group. The user account created during the
installation is automatically added to this group. This setup discourages
users from logging-in as root and running every program with superuser
privileges.
If you need to run a program as root, use "sudo" in front of the command to
be prompted for your password at the commandline or "gksudo" before the
command to be prompted for your password with a GTK dialog window.
-Jonathon
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