14 Dec
2011
14 Dec
'11
11:36 a.m.
On 12/14/2011 02:16 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
Urrr?
% sudo bash
Much easier.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
It would be
acceptable as a security measure to restrict root login to
the local text console. This prevents "missuse" of the root account but
makes the system accessible in the event of a failure. If e.g. NIS
breaks you can't get into a Ubuntu machine to fix the problem. All you
can do in that situation is to hit the reset button and boot single
user. But that is an other story...
GenericUbuntuNonRootUserPrompt% sudo vi
(while in vi)
:shell
Have fun.
-spc (Has had to do that a few times on fresh Ubuntu installs)