| Bob Schwier on 22 Jun 2011 17:13:39 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu root password |
The problem comes when you have to repair a flawed installation. Having the disk does not help as the disk does not seem to let you log in to save data. It does not recognize the original password even if that is what you are using with the re-installation. bs --- On Wed, 6/22/11, John BORIS <jboris@adphila.org> wrote: > From: John BORIS <jboris@adphila.org> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu root password > To: "'Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List'" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 12:47 PM > Eric, > By no stretch am I a guru on Ubuntu. But this is what I > have been told. > Some other Ubuntu Guru can chime in. When you install > Ubuntu it assigns > sudo right s to the first user you create at install time. > That is why > your password works when it prompts you for a password when > you do any > root function via sudo. If you want to have other users to > have this > sudo right you have to add their logins to the sudousers. > You will have > to Google that for the correct docs. I read it and figured > it was just a > pain to deal with and left things as they are. > > I don't think it matters what install you do, it locks root > by default > and lets you alter the security after you install it. > Similar to SELinux > in Red hat. It is enabled at install and you have to > manually disable it > after the install. > > Hope this sheds some light. > > 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 H. Johnson" <ejohnson@camalytics.com> > 6/22/2011 12:38 PM >>> > 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 >>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group > -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > - -- > # Eric Lucas > # > # > "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth > # > And danced the skies on laughter-silvered > wings... > # > > -- John Gillespie Magee Jr > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk4CFSUACgkQ2sGpvXQrZ/7ZaACgqwGnLMGWxk0uCOLZ39tqcXh+ > aAYAoKLqJGkffJEj5+Ehf3gZfAAdMQZH > =fPjY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group > -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group > -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group > -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group > -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug