Ubuntu user's report

[A. Khattri]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Rick Bowers wrote:

> This response does not help me. I stated I've never used sudo before, so
> perhaps an explanation on how to use the command, or a pointer to some
> documentation would have been more useful.

Well, on Unix, generally the first stop is "man sudo" and then the next
would be Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=sudo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
(the sudo home page and the sudo manual are the first and second hits
respectively).

There's no magic here - these should be considered the most basic first
steps in ANY research.

> I realize many people who participate in these lists are far more
> knowledgeable than others. The point of these lists is to help people, not
> scoff at them.

I did in fact answer your question.

To quote the previous emails:

> > > I've never used the sudo command before (new to linux) but I assume :-(
> > > it's the same as 'su''? When I type "sudo root" I'm prompted for root's
> > > password.  I tried <enter> but it fails.  Does anyone know what the default
> > > is set to?
> >
> >Err... you're supposed to type your own password when using sudo.

I think that was clear: you don't use root's password, you use your own
when using sudo.


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