| Post ID |
Timestamp |
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User |
| 447139 |
2006-04-18 02:40:00 |
I see that the latest Mepis is using the Ubuntu core, does that mean the user accounts have changed (rather than having seperate login for root or user - a la Debian, Gentoo; has it gone to sudo whatever and use the user password for root priviledges.. a la Ubuntu)? |
Myth (110) |
| 447140 |
2006-04-18 07:01:00 |
What? |
Richard (739) |
| 447141 |
2006-04-18 07:02:00 |
I had a grunch, but the eggplant over there. |
Richard (739) |
| 447142 |
2006-04-18 07:09:00 |
It is a meaningful question, Richard. :cool:
I don't know whether it does, but there ought to be a way around it. It might take some fiddling with the /etc/passwd and /etc/groups files (editing in single-user mode, perhaps) to add a root account (with UID 0). (you can't put a real password in /etc/passwd, but you ought to be able to log in to that account without a password, then create one. Then there's some file which determines who can use sudo. |
Graham L (2) |
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