On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 17:04 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * 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
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