* On 2012 23 Nov 16:18 -0600, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 23.11.2012 22:19, Miles Fidelman a écrit : > >Richard Owlett wrote: > >>Miles Fidelman wrote: > >>> > >>>you might try using expert mode when installing, and then > >>>answering yes when the installer asks about enabling root > >>>login, > >> > >>That did not work. > > > >That's rather odd. The installer always asks me to set up a root > >account, before setting up an account for the first user, just before > >configuring the clock. > > If I am not wrong, when you choose to disable root, it means you can > only have root rights with sudo, su or login as root just does not > work.
On Ubuntu distros set up like that, 'sudo su' has worked on the rare occasion a root shell prompt was needed. Some things seem to fail with 'sudo'. Once in the root shell it is a trivial matter to set a password for 'root' and have a root login available at a virtual terminal prompt. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121123230427.ga6...@n0nb.us
