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On 5 Aug 2009, at 16:14, Kevin Haddock wrote: |
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> I'm trying to do distributed compile with a remote machine that I |
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> don't have root password to. I have a local account with sudo |
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> permissions and an account of the same name on the remote machine. |
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If you don't have the root password then just `sudo passwd root`. |
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Alternatively: `sudo su -`. |
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If someone doesn't want you to have the root password or to change it |
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like that, then you're already (changing permissions of your own user |
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& randomly changing permissions of programs) messing around with the |
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machine more than you should be. |
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Stroller. |
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