Use 'sudo passwd root' to enable the root account.<br><br>Its disabled by default due to security reasons<br><br clear="all">Regards,<br><br>Sreejith K<br>K 7 - C O M P U T I N G<br><a href="http://www.k7computing.com">www.k7computing.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Jos Collin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joscollin@gmail.com">joscollin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Why there is no root user in gNewSense? During installation process,<br>
it did not ask me to enter a root password. Instead it asked me to<br>
create a sudo user. I think there is no root user in Ubuntu also. Why?<br>
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- Jos Collin<br>
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