Questions about Ubuntu

[Jerry Feldman]

On 09/18/2008 07:53 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:49, mike ledoux wrote:
>
>   
>> What do you need the root password to do in Fedora?
>>     
>
> If you run any GUI admin tools it'll ask you for the root password.   
> This is a bug, IMNSHO - if the user has sudo rights that should be  
> sufficient, with or without a raster display.
>
> Even Apple gets this right.  <-- waves red flag at bulls
>
>   
I don't agree that it is a bug. When I first installed Ubuntu, I was 
used to the root password, and it was confusing for a while.

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