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On Thursday 19 Jan 2006 21:46, Neil Williams wrote: > > ?? What do you mean? You didn't set a root password? All distributions > create a root account - all the installer wants from you is a password for > root. You get the option to not create a user account in some but I don't > see how you'd end up without a root account at all. Ubuntu is somewhat different to Debian. There is a root account, but it's effectively disabled - you can only get root privileges with sudo, using the password of your user account. > What happens when you DO type su? It will keep failing, as there's no root password set. Regards, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk - My Personal Website www.ethereye.org.uk - EtherEye Network Host Checker www.penguincomputing.co.uk - Need a Web Developer? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html