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On 2018-07-04, gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> 2018-07-04 21:00 GMT+03:00 Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>: |
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>> On 2018.07.04 13:38, gevisz wrote: |
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>>> I hate using sudo since I have been forced to use it in Ubuntu. |
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>> I almost never used sudo when I used Ubuntu. I used su or logged in as root |
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>> when necessary. |
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> It is quite strange because, when I used Ubuntu, it had no root account, |
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> and so, everybody was forced to use sudo to get root privileges. |
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Nonsense. |
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Ubuntu has always had a root account, and still does [see below]. By |
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default the installer doesn't set up a password for the root account, |
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but that's trivial to do after the install is finished. |
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$ cat /etc/os-release |
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NAME="Ubuntu" |
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VERSION="18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" |
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ID=ubuntu |
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ID_LIKE=debian |
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PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04 LTS" |
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VERSION_ID="18.04" |
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HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" |
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SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" |
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BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" |
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PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" |
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VERSION_CODENAME=bionic |
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UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic |
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$ grep root /etc/passwd |
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root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! PARDON me, am I |
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at speaking ENGLISH? |
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