On 2007-08-05, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Andrew Jenkins wrote: >> For now though I consider playing around as 'root' while being 'under >> the influence' as bad as driving so I'll leave well alone. > > Exact logging is *precisely* why 'sudo' exists. In the morning you do: > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log > > and find out what you did the night before. 'su' won't give you a list...
I can think of one situation where you really need a root password set: booting in rescue mode. Or is there a way around that if you've left the root account locked? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/