[wplug] ubuntu

[Bryon Gill]

So am I crazy or does this mean that the first user to sudo can set the password 
for root and erase everyone else from the sudoers list?

Or does it only put the first user created into the sudoers list/something like 
that?



On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 joe at terrarum.net wrote:

>> I think you can run sudo:
>>
>> sudo su -
>>
>> to get root. I don't think there was a password, or it asked you for one
>> during the install.
>
> No, it did not ask for a root password during install. So you have to sudo
> to root and then run the passwd command.
>
> You can run without root having a password though.. just have to remember
> to use sudo for every root-related command.
>
> -Joe
>
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