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New G5 need basic setup for root. Newbie
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<blockquote data-quote="rman" data-source="post: 29209" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>The account you created when you set up your system has administrator privileges. The root account as you know controls and owns the whole system. There is also a regular user account with privileges.</p><p></p><p>With that said, if you want to su to the root, then you will have to enable the account as you stated. </p><p></p><p>As the administrator if you need temporary root privileges, you use sudo (i.e. sudo command).</p><p></p><p>As <strong>witeshark</strong> suggested is it not wise to log in as the root user if your system is on the net.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rman, post: 29209, member: 23"] The account you created when you set up your system has administrator privileges. The root account as you know controls and owns the whole system. There is also a regular user account with privileges. With that said, if you want to su to the root, then you will have to enable the account as you stated. As the administrator if you need temporary root privileges, you use sudo (i.e. sudo command). As [b]witeshark[/b] suggested is it not wise to log in as the root user if your system is on the net. [/QUOTE]
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