Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Debian and other debian-based distros like Ubuntu have, by default, has the root account disabled as a security measure.(thanks to Subbu and PICCORO for the clarification)
To re-enable the root account, just open the command prompt, and type
sudo passwd root
You'll get the following set of messages:
sathya@sathya-laptop:~$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
One of the most common complaints about Linux is that users are unable to play common media files such as mp3's etc. This is mainly due to Copyright Restrictions, which prohibit bundling of the required codecs. The following steps indicate how to get those mp3s of yours blasting:
For *buntu Users:
Well ...
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