Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu root password

["Eric H. Johnson" <ejohnson@camalytics.com>]

John, Eric,

Ok, got it. I forced the root password before I saw John's post, which
worked. Is that the correct way, or should I have added a local user to the
sudoers file. How does the full install of Ubuntu handle this? 

Thanks,
Eric


This is true in Ubuntu. Without a root password set it doesn't allow you
to login as root. 
Here is the link to the Ubuntu Docs explaining this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo 

This confounded me for a while when I first started using Ubuntu. After
a few months administering a Ubuntu Server I am used to using sudo to
accomplish mostly everything.

John J. Boris, Sr.
JEN-A-SyS Administrator
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
"Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel
Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!"

>>> "Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org> 6/22/2011 12:15 PM >>>
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In my experience the root password in Ubuntu is unset.  They expect you
to
provide your user password to the sudo command to become root.

I typically sudo to root and then set a password.  This is for my
workstation...
not sure what best practice is for a server sitting on the 'net but if
you
choose a good password you should be okay.  I never allow root to
directly ssh
into system.

Eric

On 06/22/2011 11:08 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to do a minimal install of Ubuntu 11.04. I started with
Ubuntu
> server and selected minimum install, previously known as JeOS (Just
Enough
> Operating System). I then manually installed xdm, gnome-core and
xorg.
> Everything came up fine, however whenever I run an application, such
as
> synaptic that prompts for a password I am told invalid password.
However if
> I run sudo synaptic for example and put the password in there, it
works
> fine. So I am entering the correct password, at least for sudo. Is
there a
> separate password for root, or is there something that I still need
to
> install to synch the passwords?
> 
> Thanks, 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
>
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