[olug] Ubuntu, cant su root

[Adam Lassek]

I think you guys are overreacting. Instead of typing a root password during
install, you wait until it finishes and type `sudo passwd` instead. What's
the big deal?

There's plenty of unixy rope left laying around if you really want to hang
yourself. Sensible defaults are a good thing.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:

> ubuntu is a bit "parental", but most popular distros seem to be going that
> way as linux becomes mainstream.
>
> most of my residential customers have an easy time transitioning to linux
> using ubuntu, so in the war against M$ and proprietary software, i'm
> convinced that ubuntu is our strongest weapon in our arsenal at the current
> time...so get to know it well.
>
> why? because it just works...usually straight out of the install. at most,
> just install a couple drivers, and you have happy customers that are no
> longer using microsoft products.
>
> that's something that can't be said about any other distribution, IMO.
>
>
> some of you may want to keep linux for yourselves, but i'd like to see a
> real market shar, so if something makes linux easier for a non-IT person to
> use...i'm all for it.
>
>  you can always sudo.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:33 AM, <charles.bird at powerdnn.com> wrote:
>
> > Lol
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Aric Aasgaard" <aric at omahax.com>
> >
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:59:06
> > To: <dthacker9 at cox.net>; 'Omaha Linux User Group'<olug at olug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Ubuntu, cant su root
> >
> >
> > Super user switching in SCO should have an e at the end of su.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Dave
> > Thacker
> > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:49 AM
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Ubuntu, cant su root
> >
> > On Friday 24 July 2009 15:03:19 Charles.Bird wrote:
> > > If i had unstable hormones, like some people that i know in my life, i
> > > would be curled up crying about how i lost my linux skills to a windows
> > > shop right now.
> >
> > Could be worse.  You could be curled up crying about how you lost your
> > linux
> >
> > skills to SCO Unix shop.........   Please excuse me, I have another 90 or
> > so
> >
> > kernels to relink.....
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us>
> wrote:
> > > > Yes, it was
> > > >
> > > > I remember being infuriated with it in Ubuntu 6.06.
> > > >
> > > > Charles.Bird wrote:
> > > > > I wonder why that is?
> > > > > it didnt used to be like that did it, on older versions on Ubuntu?
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > phil at brutsche.us
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