Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution. This behavior is normal for Linux Ubuntu since it doesn't use root account. If you want to get administrative privilege in Linux Ubuntu, all you need to do is to login inside a account that has administrative rights and then type sudo before any terminal commands that require administrative privilege, and gksu for any graphical programs that require administrative privilege. This way to work is a bit different from other Linux distribution which needs the root account in order to have administrative rights, but sudo and root are probably both very secure.
For more information : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo I set the status of this bug to invalid. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- [Hardy 8.04 alpha-2 root privileges] Root has no privileges. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
