[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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