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   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:22:24 -0600   
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   Sybren Stuvel  wrote:   
      
   > ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.linux.ubuntu.]   
      
   Thanks for doing that.   
      
   > SINNER enlightened us with:   
   > >> there is no root in ubuntu... isn't it?     
   > >   
   > > There is if you give root a password.     
   >    
   > Either way, there is a root user. Just because you can't log in as   
   > root with a password doesn't mean the account doesn't exist.   
      
   I'm not an Ubuntu user, just curious.  If the normal user is in the   
   wheel group (or sudoers, however Ubuntu handles it) and can    
   `sudo su -', does it really improve security any to avoid giving root a   
   password?   
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