2010-02-07

su password?

i don't remember anything from this install about a su password.
you know, it's always something.
i wonder how far i can get without one, just rely on sudo.
i wonder how much farther i can get if i had it?
really? or am i just kidding myself?
how do i go about getting it?
all the usual suspects fail.

3 comments:

  1. -according to the docs, if i have sudo, i shouldn't need su. moreover, if i have sudo, i should be able to
    reset su [the beer truck test]. still, i like this:

    The third group (experts who know of special situations that require a root login) definitely does not need a root login tutorial. If they're really experts, they can easily figure out on their own how to enable a root login. And if they can't figure it out, perhaps they're not the experts they think they are.

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  2. -'sudo passwd root ' changed the su password. now for mysql.

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  3. -google [using password no mysql]
    -go thru posts on dev mysql

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