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I hear you
Maybe not a big thing but
as an example, i can be accessing a file , ubuntu gives access denied,or permission denied, fedora prompts for password.
Thank you for the reply and the links, although
you can log in as root in any distro, as you said,I find the
method's so remarkably different between fedora and ubuntu, the latter being hidden in...
Do other distro's lock the root account?
Thank you for the edit, good explanation. Maybe I missed something here in Fedora, I don't recall seeing any mention of administrator in regard to my account.
By the way,thanks for the visit.:D
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@The Cog, Thank you for the reply, as a neophyte to windows, some years back
i managed to survive, and amazingly so did my computer and Operating System,
without the safeguards that canonical and...
Glad you weighed in here,
always appreciate your insight:) Actually I have never suggested running as root all the time. I have read enough of your posts to ever believe you would need to
be...
Thank you for the input, I don't find it confusing at all. Perhaps frustrating at times. You are right, there are ways
to circumvent the restrictions, for new users these have to be found elsewhere...
Hello, I have run into this myself, my understanding is that some of the
administrative features that were available in older versions of ubuntu are
no longer available, or at least not available...
+1, plus the OP seems to be on another topic than the original post.
Thank you for the insight, and especially for pointing out, that root is locked, I was
aware of this but other readers may not be.
Thank you for the reply, you have touched on the very core of the issue,
ie;you can escalate your privileges to root on a command by command basis.
How true, but this requires a proficient...
Thank you for the reply oldfred, your synopsis as always is correct:).
I have found some other distributions make it much easier to do, than ubuntu.
The potential for problems is certainly there,...
Thank you for the replies, I have read the links provided and realize that ubuntu
regards this as a security feature, I also know how to set the root password and
log in as root using the methods...
Recent events have me wondering, besides Fedora, are there other linux distro's
that allow administrator privileges as Root?
You can always download and burn another copy of ubuntu12.10
+1 for SSD
I know I have read some threads with this issue, still searching.
Make it +2 for cloneZilla
I had the same issue with the gparted live CD. The only way I could logout/shutdown was to to do a hard shutdown ie; hold down the power button,
if this is a laptop?
I now use partedmagic,...
+1 here.
@JuiJitsu500, Thanks for the great explanation.:D
Just wondering, have you done an update in the meantime?
If your Dell runs ok otherwise, maybe consider a new hard drive, I have bought
them fairly reasonably priced on ebay.
My unity DE automatically, shows a gauge.