Re: [tlug] Accessing microphone

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

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On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 04:24:42PM +0200, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On Mon, 8 May 2006 09:39:34 -0400, Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Ubuntu and some others don't let you have the root password
> 
> What the @)(*&&^$$# ???
> 
> Thanks for the heads-up. Ubuntu has just gone onto the list of distros
> I recommend people *don't* use.

It's like a Mac.  One can do sudo su - and then set a password, but
newcomers probably don't realize that. 

It's a security measure, and one can do most things with it, but then
there are things, as Dave is finding out, that don't work unless you're
actually root.



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