Ubuntu won't let me log on as root
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From: Nix on 23 Jun 2010 15:34 On 22 Jun 2010, Dave W. said: > I logged in as user ddw and tried "sudo passwd root" as suggested. > However I got the message "ddw is not in the sudoers file. This > incident has been reported". (Now I'm shaking in trepidation waiting > for Security to kick down my door! Ubuntu is certainly unfriendly as > others have said.) This message is a sudo upstream message, unchanged by Ubuntu. (They probably simply didn't think of changing it.)
From: Nix on 23 Jun 2010 15:36 On 21 Jun 2010, f8boe(a)bluemail.ch verbalised: > If you need to login as root under Unix, > - you cannot use your distro's configuration tool > - your distro have no configuration tool > - you have chosen the wrong distro > - you are better using winboobs Ah, yes, that's how to get people comfortable using Linux: insult them. Now I know what I've been doing wrong all these years!
From: Ian on 24 Jun 2010 16:53 On 21 June, 15:20, Dave W <davew...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I have created a user account as well as the root (but used the same > password for both - I hope this is not the problem). When I log on as > user and go to install something via the desktop, I'm told I don't > have the authority, and that sudo is not allowed. > > When I installed from the CD, there was an option to ignore UUID bits > on the partition. I do not understand this so did not tick this > option. Is this User ID? If I re-installed with this option might this > help? Is your user account an administrative one? System -> Administration - > User and Groups will tell you and allows you to change it. You'll need to use your root password for that, but you can give a username for making the change too. Ian
From: Ian on 24 Jun 2010 16:54
On 22 June, 16:28, Chris Davies <chris-use...(a)roaima.co.uk> wrote: > Dave W <davew...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > When I installed from the CD, there was an option to ignore UUID bits > > on the partition. I do not understand this so did not tick this > > option. > > I suspect you mean "setuid bit" rather than "UUID bit". Isn't there an option to have grub do it the old fashioned way rather than use UUID at startup? Ian |