Re: [orca-list] sudo password is the password of the current user?

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

The password you need to enter is the one you logged in with when ubuntu 
starts up.



yes, the root account is generally disabled, sudo allows you to act as a 
root whilest the process you requested runs.

using the sudo method is said to be safer than a direct root account, 
because it is harder to modify a working system unintentially.

Only users in the sudo group can successfully run the sudo command.

Hope this helps.

-Jon
On Sun 08/07/2007 at 16:58:49, Sunfire wrote:
> Hi...
>  
> I was attempting to update orca in ubuntu 7.04. I ran across the following
> issues which seem a little interesting.
>  
> user ubuntu7 04$~ sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca
> enter password: *******
> su: authentication failed. Sorry.
> user ubuntu7 04$~
>  
> I tried everything. I looked at some stuff about root passwords online (my
> root password is not set). I found out that "the sudo password is the
> password you created for [the user]". What does this mean and is it secure?
> Is it only meant for the first user created at install?
>  
>  

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