On Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:50, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > Kubuntu is far from a total disaster, and in fact is the only > distribution that I feel has got it right. As for the root situation, as > a software author and someone who tells people to RTFM on a regular > basis, I'm really kind of surpirsed. Did you not check the FAQ? From the > afforementioned site: > > --- > What is the default root password? > > There is no root password set as default. If KDE needs administrator > privileges you should use your user password instead.
That I did see and read before complaining. > You can also edit > files as root from Konqueror with right click -> Actions -> Edit as > Root. See Root Sudo wiki page <http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/RootSudo>. That I didn't notice. In any case, it is too complicated and abstract for me to think about using Konqueror. Every machine I have used has always had some way to get logged in as root, Administator, or a host of other privileged names. > --- > > > There is really no reason to use root all the time like many [lazy] > people (myself included) commonly do. root commands require root, and > non root commands should really not habitually be run as root as you're > eventually asking for it (who hasn't hit the enter key by mistake before?). I rarely use root. > > As far as sudo goes, one only need type 'sudo -s' (man sudo) to get a > root shell, and enter their password. sudo is something I try to avoid even more than using root since it permits having an icon on the desktop which when clicked can do anything. I think sudo is fine and necessary for some tasks, but I prefer to have all my privileged operations done explicitly ... > > C'mon, Kern. ;) > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > >On Wednesday 29 March 2006 10:15, Mikael Kermorgant wrote: > >... > > > >>If you're running debian 3.1 and want up to date programs, I'd recommend > >>upgrading to debian "testing". It will still lack a bit behind but you > >>won't have to wait for debian 3.2 to get upgrades. On the other hand, I'd > >>guess most debian servers are running 3.1. > >>Maybe having a look at kubuntu would also be interesting if you're > >>interested in modern desktop. KDE 3.5.2 is already packaged for "breezy". > > > >Thanks for the tip. > > > >Unfortunately, as far as I am concerned kubuntu is a total disaster. I > >downloaded their latest version 5.10 (if I remember right), burned a CD, > > did the installation, and ended up with a running system with no root > > password -- that is a totally useless system for doing any kind of system > > administration or maintenance. > > > >I then searched their bugzilla and noticed a lot of users complaining > > about no root password and some text indicating that the normal user > > might be the administrator -- well, I checked it, no go, my personal > > account (kern) doesn't have administration privileges. OK, attempt to > > create a bugzilla account, and it takes me off to "Launcher" to create an > > account. I just wanted to file a bug report not figure out what the > > Launcher service is, so I gave up at that point -- too many obstacles. -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
