Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:23:38 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: David Stanford <dthomas53@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd001@freeode.co.uk, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ubuntu stole my FreeBSD... Message-ID: <20070416192338.GT4805@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <f2c91f770704160616k6559ca96wbbacd3d4cfc5b49b@mail.gmail.com> References: <rlv223luf53et5ibag19dqdn9uhvr4en29@4ax.com> <f2c91f770704160616k6559ca96wbbacd3d4cfc5b49b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:16:45AM -0400 I heard the voice of David Stanford, and lo! it spake thus: > > The root user is there, it's just somewhat "hidden". I personally hate > having to type sudo for every command requiring root privileges, so I always > just set the root password and then su into root: > > # sudo passwd root > <enter new pass> > # su - root Or you could just "sudo tcsh". I use sudo everywhere, and have for years. I've forgotten the root passwords set on most machines. Makes it a lot easier, especially with multiple people. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
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