On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 04:05:28PM +0000, Martin Collins wrote:
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The only thing with this distro is it has removed the root password/user in favour of sudo for admin tasks. There are reasons for this on the website explaining the pros and cons. What does the group think about this? Should I set a root user back up or keep the sudo thingy. It does feel a little strange in use.
I've been using sudo for administration tasks for quite some time now, it seems to work really rather well... of course, you *can* still get a shell as root with sudo, so it shouldn't be that bad for you (think sudo su -, for instance). If you've ever used knoppix, have a look at the aliases in the default install (yes girls and guys, su is aliased to sudo su). If used correctly (so, not randomly starting shells), it is very nice, and leaves a nice log of your commands (or any other sudo user).
Really, give it a week, you'll not regret it :)
Cheers,