Newbie root questions

[guran]

Hi guys, I'm new to Linux and decided I would start with Kubuntu. I'm a little confused on user creation. So during the installation process before re-boot, your asked to create a user. Now is this user root or is this my everyday login that I sudo root. I've read the documentation and still confused sorry. Glad to be here and I'm very excited about Linux. Thank you in advance for your help.

[smurphy_it]

This would be your everyday user account, as root account is disabled by default in ubuntu.
You can sudo to it, but by default you can't login with that account.

[guran]

smurphy_it (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=288150) thanks for the help!!

[haqking]

smurphy_it (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=288150) thanks for the help!!

everything you need to know about root and sudo is here on the wiki

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Welcome and enjoy, Linux is the pringles of the OS Community ;-)

[guran]

You guys have been awesome. Just one last follow up question. Do I have to give it a system/machine name during installation?

[smurphy_it]

Typically one does. It's been awhile since I installed, so that parts a bit hazy. I typically give it a friendly name regardless. Then I ssh into the box via hostname. I find them a little easier to remember than IP addresses.