Ubuntu stole my FreeBSD...

[Theodore Trubetskoy]

On 4/16/07, Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd at over-yonder.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:16:45AM -0400 I heard the voice of
> David Stanford, and lo! it spake thus:
> >
> > The root user is there, it's just somewhat "hidden". I personally hate
> > having to type sudo for every command requiring root privileges, so I always
> > just set the root password and then su into root:
> >
> > # sudo passwd root
> > <enter new pass>
> > # su - root
>
> Or you could just "sudo tcsh".

Or just "sudo -s"

--fedya