[PLUG] root login

Carla Schroder carla at bratgrrl.com
Tue Jan 9 20:01:37 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 09 January 2007 11:37, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote:
> I am trying to install a program.  I am running Kubuntu Edgy.  The
> install program is a shell script (.sh).  The computer is an HP laptop
> with AMD 64 X2 and a 64 bit install of Kubuntu.  According to the
> program's tech support, I need a "real root login".  They say that
> (K)Ubuntu doesn't actually give you that.  They also said that
> "unlocking the permissions" would do the trick.

Some things sudo simply won't work for. Just give yourself a real root 
password:

$ sudo passwd root

Then use Real Root. Piece of cake.

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