[LINK] Ubuntu

[Tom Koltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Robin Stephens
> Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2009 1:47 PM
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Ubuntu
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> 
> 1. There is no root password for Ubuntu.  sudo is the 
> prefered way of doing admin work for this distro.
> 
> 2. bring up a root shell for the purpose of running one 
> command? Sorry, but I can't comprehend why that is a better option.
> 

I call it the dummy filter designed to protect the Tom Koltais of the
world from typing cpio -m/dev/* > /dev/null

Yep - I did..... Ok it was 5:00 am after an intensive rebuild of 12
servers but......

Sort of like a protective all enveloping korn shell...

"Are you really really sure you want to move all your devices to trash,
that's probably not a very good idea ?"

(Actual feedback from a very hacked (improved) version of a late '80's
korn shell that we ran on an ICL 6/32MP running svrV.4.3 that was used
for training unix newbies - each newbie had their own virtual
file-sytem).

Tom


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