• Registered: 2011-11-21
  • Posts: 20

Topic: root password

why are the root & user password the same by default?

Yaur

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  • Registered: 2009-07-23
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Re: root password

Because you are the administrator of your Linux system, it is your responsibility to change passwords, ssh hostkeys, certificates and security settings.

On the other hand: Explain why they should not.

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  • From: inside Ed
  • Registered: 2011-07-25
  • Posts: 2,865

Re: root password

They're not, you just don't have the root account enabled by default, so you use sudo, which uses your user password.

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  • Registered: 2011-11-21
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Re: root password

IRT 2

just a little convenience during the set up, which encourages good security practices

YAUR

Last edited by Garthhh (2011-11-24 18:01:08)

  • Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 2,086

Re: root password

Hi Garthhh, CrunchBang uses 'sudo' just like Ubuntu, you can read here for more info:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

  • Registered: 2011-11-21
  • Posts: 20

Re: root password

sure, I've seen that bit

I mis spoke originally
user is administrator by default...
I've done quite a few installs lately & seen different schemes
wondering if there were any reasons beyond
the do it yourself nature of #!

  • From: 36.0718,-119.03519
  • Registered: 2011-06-19
  • Posts: 350

Re: root password

I will add to this question.

LinuxMint allows you to not have to login to Package Manager  (synaptic) and Root Terminal.  There is a popup for the sudo use.   Is there a way to enable this in #!

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  • Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 2,086

Re: root password

For synaptic:

gksu synaptic

in terminal:

sudo foo

or for "root terminal"

sudo -i
foo

For more details see the link in post #5.

  • Registered: 2009-01-07
  • Posts: 306

Re: root password

In the past, I created a root account so that I could use CUPS localhost:631 as administrator
(instead of using #! tool).

root and user password are definitely NOT the same.  It just that user have sudo permission and
can do essentially all administrative tasks.  But if you are like me and prefer to use CUPS as
administrator, then you need to make a root account.

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  • Registered: 2011-03-04
  • Posts: 28

Re: root password

shengchieh wrote:

But if you are like me and prefer to use CUPS as
administrator, then you need to make a root account.

Or you can just add your username to the lpadmin group.