Wayne Stallwood wrote:
The first user you created with the welcome wizard will be a sudoer.
If I could find my memory...
So just sudo (command you want) to run it as root. Putting your password in when prompted
I don't think I *HAVE* a password...
If I have, I've a) forgotten it b) forgotten putting it in c) mislaid any note I would have made of it.
I try to avoid paswords because a) I always forget them b) can never find any note I've made - though if I look for the booklet of destructions there might be something there...
Afterwards sudo su will set a new root password but I would strongly advise you get into the habit of using sudo rather than logging in as root.
I don't log in, as root or anything else.
Just switch on, and the 'orrid Windowsy interface appears, and AFAICR, that's how it's always been.
Must play with Thunderguts' setting - hit 'Reply to' and it picks senders addy, not the list...
Many thanks, anyway, now for many thinks. (I do log into Lenny as 'user', not root, BTW.